#BCB73D#BCB73D

#BCB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB73D
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -12.86, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 61.22, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.041 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(38.5162, 44.8965, 11.0510)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB73D #3D42BC

analogous

#BC783D #BCB73D #82BC3D

triadic

#BCB73D #3DBCB7 #B73DBC

tetradic

#BCB73D #3DBC78 #3D42BC #BC3D82

square

#BCB73D #3DBC78 #3D42BC #BC3D82

split-complementary

#BCB73D #3D82BC #783DBC

monochromatic

#605D1F #8E8A2E #BCB73D #CECA68 #DDDA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB73D

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB73D	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc79',
    500: '#bcb73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb73d;
$custom-light: #d3cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7613,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.44895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB73D

secondary

#8C8FC9

accent

#53DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB73D

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

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