#BCB72E#BCB72E

#BCB72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; 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	#BCB72E
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -13.58, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 66.58, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0445 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.15 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1672, 44.7569, 9.2127)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB72E #2E33BC

analogous

#BC702E #BCB72E #7ABC2E

triadic

#BCB72E #2EBCB7 #B72EBC

tetradic

#BCB72E #2EBC70 #2E33BC #BC2E7A

square

#BCB72E #2EBC70 #2E33BC #BC2E7A

split-complementary

#BCB72E #2E7ABC #702EBC

monochromatic

#5A5716 #8B8722 #BCB72E #D5D052 #E1DE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB72E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB72E	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)

#C7B00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.150 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc72',
    500: '#bcb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb72e;
$custom-light: #d4cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB72E

secondary

#7C7FCA

accent

#4AE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB72E

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

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