#BCB73B#BCB73B

#BCB73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.142 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB73B
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -12.97, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 61.99, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0415 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.142 107)
XYZ	xyz(38.4634, 44.8754, 10.7726)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB73B #3B40BC

analogous

#BC763B #BCB73B #80BC3B

triadic

#BCB73B #3BBCB7 #B73BBC

tetradic

#BCB73B #3BBC76 #3B40BC #BC3B80

square

#BCB73B #3BBC76 #3B40BC #BC3B80

split-complementary

#BCB73B #3B80BC #763BBC

monochromatic

#5F5C1E #8D8A2C #BCB73B #CFCB65 #DDDB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB73B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB73B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc78',
    500: '#bcb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb73b;
$custom-light: #d3cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76114,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.44874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB73B

secondary

#8A8DC9

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB73B

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

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