#BCB64A#BCB64A

#BCB64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB64A
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -11.53, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 55.45, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0358 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.129 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7043, 44.6429, 13.0554)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB64A #4A50BC

analogous

#BC7D4A #BCB64A #89BC4A

triadic

#BCB64A #4ABCB6 #B64ABC

tetradic

#BCB64A #4ABC7D #4A50BC #BC4A89

square

#BCB64A #4ABC7D #4A50BC #BC4A89

split-complementary

#BCB64A #4A89BC #7D4ABC

monochromatic

#666326 #938E36 #BCB64A #CDC877 #DDDAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCB64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB64A

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB64A	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb81',
    500: '#bcb64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb64a;
$custom-light: #d3cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7603,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB64A

secondary

#989ACA

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB64A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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