#BCB73A#BCB73A

#BCB73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB73A
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -13.02, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 62.37, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0418 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4377, 44.8651, 10.6373)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB73A #3A3FBC

analogous

#BC763A #BCB73A #80BC3A

triadic

#BCB73A #3ABCB7 #B73ABC

tetradic

#BCB73A #3ABC76 #3A3FBC #BC3A80

square

#BCB73A #3ABC76 #3A3FBC #BC3A80

split-complementary

#BCB73A #3A80BC #763ABC

monochromatic

#5E5C1D #8D892C #BCB73A #CFCB64 #DEDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB73A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB73A	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc78',
    500: '#bcb73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb73a;
$custom-light: #d4cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76107,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB73A

secondary

#898BC9

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB73A

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

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