#BCB64D#BCB64D

#BCB64D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.127 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB64D
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -11.32, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 54.12, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0349 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.127 106)
XYZ	xyz(38.8078, 44.6843, 13.6004)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB64D #4D53BC

analogous

#BC7F4D #BCB64D #8BBC4D

triadic

#BCB64D #4DBCB6 #B64DBC

tetradic

#BCB64D #4DBC7F #4D53BC #BC4D8B

square

#BCB64D #4DBC7F #4D53BC #BC4D8B

split-complementary

#BCB64D #4D8BBC #7F4DBC

monochromatic

#686427 #948F38 #BCB64D #CDC879 #DDDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCB64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB64D

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB64D	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.127 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb83',
    500: '#bcb64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb64d;
$custom-light: #d3cb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.44683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB64D

secondary

#9A9DCB

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB64D

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

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