#BCB83E#BCB83E

#BCB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB83E
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -13.31, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 61.21, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0422 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7504, 45.3214, 11.2632)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB83E #3E42BC

analogous

#BC793E #BCB83E #81BC3E

triadic

#BCB83E #3EBCB8 #B83EBC

tetradic

#BCB83E #3EBC79 #3E42BC #BC3E81

square

#BCB83E #3EBC79 #3E42BC #BC3E81

split-complementary

#BCB83E #3E81BC #793EBC

monochromatic

#605E20 #8E8B2F #BCB83E #CECB6A #DDDB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB83E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB83E	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)

#C7B12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7a',
    500: '#bcb83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb83e;
$custom-light: #d3cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB83E

secondary

#8D8FC9

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB83E

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

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