#BCB74A#BCB74A

#BCB74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB74A
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -12.05, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 55.84, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0373 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.13 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9098, 45.0540, 13.1239)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB74A #4A4FBC

analogous

#BC7E4A #BCB74A #88BC4A

triadic

#BCB74A #4ABCB7 #B74ABC

tetradic

#BCB74A #4ABC7E #4A4FBC #BC4A88

square

#BCB74A #4ABC7E #4A4FBC #BC4A88

split-complementary

#BCB74A #4A88BC #7E4ABC

monochromatic

#666326 #938F36 #BCB74A #CDC977 #DDDBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCB74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB74A

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB74A	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc81',
    500: '#bcb74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb74a;
$custom-light: #d3cc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76246,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB74A

secondary

#989ACA

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB74A

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

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