#BCB72F#BCB72F

#BCB72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.149 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB72F
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -13.54, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 66.26, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0443 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.149 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1871, 44.7649, 9.3177)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB72F #2F34BC

analogous

#BC702F #BCB72F #7ABC2F

triadic

#BCB72F #2FBCB7 #B72FBC

tetradic

#BCB72F #2FBC70 #2F34BC #BC2F7A

square

#BCB72F #2FBC70 #2F34BC #BC2F7A

split-complementary

#BCB72F #2F7ABC #702FBC

monochromatic

#5A5817 #8B8723 #BCB72F #D4D054 #E0DD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB72F

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB72F	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)

#C7B010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.149 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc72',
    500: '#bcb72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb72f;
$custom-light: #d4cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76033,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB72F

secondary

#7D80CA

accent

#4AE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB72F

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

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