#BCB74C#BCB74C

#BCB74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB74C
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -11.91, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 54.97, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0367 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.129 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9783, 45.0814, 13.4844)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB74C #4C51BC

analogous

#BC7F4C #BCB74C #89BC4C

triadic

#BCB74C #4CBCB7 #B74CBC

tetradic

#BCB74C #4CBC7F #4C51BC #BC4C89

square

#BCB74C #4CBC7F #4C51BC #BC4C89

split-complementary

#BCB74C #4C89BC #7F4CBC

monochromatic

#676427 #948F37 #BCB74C #CDC979 #DDDBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB74C

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB74C	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc82',
    500: '#bcb74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb74c;
$custom-light: #d3cc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB74C

secondary

#999CCA

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB74C

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

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