#BCB82D#BCB82D

#BCB82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.151 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB82D
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -14.13, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 67.25, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0461 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.151 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3547, 45.1631, 9.1791)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB82D #2D31BC

analogous

#BC712D #BCB82D #78BC2D

triadic

#BCB82D #2DBCB8 #B82DBC

tetradic

#BCB82D #2DBC71 #2D31BC #BC2D78

square

#BCB82D #2DBC71 #2D31BC #BC2D78

split-complementary

#BCB82D #2D78BC #712DBC

monochromatic

#595715 #8B8821 #BCB82D #D5D251 #E1DE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCB82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB82D

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB82D	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.151 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd71',
    500: '#bcb82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb82d;
$custom-light: #d4cd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76239,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB82D

secondary

#7B7DCA

accent

#48E443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB82D

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

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