#BCB72D#BCB72D

#BCB72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.150 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB72D
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -13.62, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 66.90, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0447 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.15 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1477, 44.7491, 9.1101)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB72D #2D32BC

analogous

#BC6F2D #BCB72D #79BC2D

triadic

#BCB72D #2DBCB7 #B72DBC

tetradic

#BCB72D #2DBC6F #2D32BC #BC2D79

square

#BCB72D #2DBC6F #2D32BC #BC2D79

split-complementary

#BCB72D #2D79BC #6F2DBC

monochromatic

#595715 #8B8721 #BCB72D #D5D151 #E1DE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB72D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB72D	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.150 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc71',
    500: '#bcb72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb72d;
$custom-light: #d4cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76021,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB72D

secondary

#7B7DCA

accent

#49E443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB72D

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

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