#BCB74F#BCB74F

#BCB74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB74F
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -11.69, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 53.64, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0357 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.126 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0850, 45.1241, 14.0466)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB74F #4F54BC

analogous

#BC814F #BCB74F #8ABC4F

triadic

#BCB74F #4FBCB7 #B74FBC

tetradic

#BCB74F #4FBC81 #4F54BC #BC4F8A

square

#BCB74F #4FBC81 #4F54BC #BC4F8A

split-complementary

#BCB74F #4F8ABC #814FBC

monochromatic

#696628 #959139 #BCB74F #CDC97B #DEDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB74F

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB74F	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#C5B144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc84',
    500: '#bcb74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb74f;
$custom-light: #d3cc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76297,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB74F

secondary

#9C9ECB

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB74F

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

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