#BCB74E#BCB74E

#BCB74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB74E
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -11.76, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 54.08, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.036 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.127 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0489, 45.1096, 13.8563)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB74E #4E53BC

analogous

#BC804E #BCB74E #8ABC4E

triadic

#BCB74E #4EBCB7 #B74EBC

tetradic

#BCB74E #4EBC80 #4E53BC #BC4E8A

square

#BCB74E #4EBC80 #4E53BC #BC4E8A

split-complementary

#BCB74E #4E8ABC #804EBC

monochromatic

#686527 #959038 #BCB74E #CDC97A #DEDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB74E

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB74E	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)

#C5B143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc83',
    500: '#bcb74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb74e;
$custom-light: #d3cc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB74E

secondary

#9B9DCB

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB74E

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

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