#BCB83F#BCB83F

#BCB83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB83F
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 63)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -13.26, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 60.81, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0419 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.14 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7781, 45.3325, 11.4090)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB83F #3F43BC

analogous

#BC7A3F #BCB83F #82BC3F

triadic

#BCB83F #3FBCB8 #B83FBC

tetradic

#BCB83F #3FBC7A #3F43BC #BC3F82

square

#BCB83F #3FBC7A #3F43BC #BC3F82

split-complementary

#BCB83F #3F82BC #7A3FBC

monochromatic

#605E20 #8E8B30 #BCB83F #CDCA6B #DDDB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCB83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB83F

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB83F	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7b',
    500: '#bcb83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb83f;
$custom-light: #d3cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB83F

secondary

#8E90C9

accent

#53D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB83F

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

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