#BCB83B#BCB83B

#BCB83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB83B
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -13.48, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 62.37, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.043 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.143 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6704, 45.2894, 10.8415)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB83B #3B3FBC

analogous

#BC783B #BCB83B #7FBC3B

triadic

#BCB83B #3BBCB8 #B83BBC

tetradic

#BCB83B #3BBC78 #3B3FBC #BC3B7F

square

#BCB83B #3BBC78 #3B3FBC #BC3B7F

split-complementary

#BCB83B #3B7FBC #783BBC

monochromatic

#5F5D1E #8D8A2C #BCB83B #CFCC65 #DDDB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB83B

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB83B	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)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd78',
    500: '#bcb83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb83b;
$custom-light: #d3cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76331,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB83B

secondary

#8A8CC9

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB83B

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

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