#BCB84D#BCB84D

#BCB84D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB84D
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -12.35, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 54.93, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0378 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.129 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2203, 45.5094, 13.7379)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB84D #4D51BC

analogous

#BC814D #BCB84D #89BC4D

triadic

#BCB84D #4DBCB8 #B84DBC

tetradic

#BCB84D #4DBC81 #4D51BC #BC4D89

square

#BCB84D #4DBC81 #4D51BC #BC4D89

split-complementary

#BCB84D #4D89BC #814DBC

monochromatic

#686527 #949138 #BCB84D #CDCA79 #DDDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BCB84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB84D

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB84D	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd83',
    500: '#bcb84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb84d;
$custom-light: #d3cd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76492,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB84D

secondary

#9A9CCB

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB84D

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

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