#BCB83A#BCB83A

#BCB83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB83A
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -13.53, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 62.74, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0432 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.143 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6447, 45.2791, 10.7063)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB83A #3A3EBC

analogous

#BC773A #BCB83A #7FBC3A

triadic

#BCB83A #3ABCB8 #B83ABC

tetradic

#BCB83A #3ABC77 #3A3EBC #BC3A7F

square

#BCB83A #3ABC77 #3A3EBC #BC3A7F

split-complementary

#BCB83A #3A7FBC #773ABC

monochromatic

#5E5C1D #8D8A2C #BCB83A #CFCC64 #DEDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB83A

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB83A	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd78',
    500: '#bcb83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb83a;
$custom-light: #d4cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76324,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB83A

secondary

#898BC9

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB83A

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

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