#BCB83C#BCB83C

#BCB83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB83C
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -13.42, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 61.98, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0427 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6965, 45.2999, 10.9795)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB83C #3C40BC

analogous

#BC783C #BCB83C #80BC3C

triadic

#BCB83C #3CBCB8 #B83CBC

tetradic

#BCB83C #3CBC78 #3C40BC #BC3C80

square

#BCB83C #3CBC78 #3C40BC #BC3C80

split-complementary

#BCB83C #3C80BC #783CBC

monochromatic

#5F5D1E #8E8B2D #BCB83C #CECB67 #DDDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB83C

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB83C	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)

#C7B129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd79',
    500: '#bcb83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb83c;
$custom-light: #d3cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76339,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB83C

secondary

#8B8DC9

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB83C

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

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