#BCB73E#BCB73E

#BCB73E 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	#BCB73E
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -12.80, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 60.83, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0407 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(38.5434, 44.9074, 11.1942)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB73E #3E43BC

analogous

#BC783E #BCB73E #82BC3E

triadic

#BCB73E #3EBCB7 #B73EBC

tetradic

#BCB73E #3EBC78 #3E43BC #BC3E82

square

#BCB73E #3EBC78 #3E43BC #BC3E82

split-complementary

#BCB73E #3E82BC #783EBC

monochromatic

#605D20 #8E8A2F #BCB73E #CECA6A #DDDA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB73E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB73E	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)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc7a',
    500: '#bcb73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb73e;
$custom-light: #d3cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76138,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.44906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB73E

secondary

#8D90C9

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB73E

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

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