#BCB83D#BCB83D

#BCB83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB83D
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -13.37, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 61.60, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0424 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7232, 45.3105, 11.1200)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB83D #3D41BC

analogous

#BC793D #BCB83D #81BC3D

triadic

#BCB83D #3DBCB8 #B83DBC

tetradic

#BCB83D #3DBC79 #3D41BC #BC3D81

square

#BCB83D #3DBC79 #3D41BC #BC3D81

split-complementary

#BCB83D #3D81BC #793DBC

monochromatic

#605E1F #8E8B2E #BCB83D #CECB68 #DDDB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB83D

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB83D	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)

#C7B12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7a',
    500: '#bcb83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb83d;
$custom-light: #d3cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76347,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB83D

secondary

#8C8EC9

accent

#52DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB83D

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

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