#BCB93B#BCB93B

#BCB93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB93B
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -13.99, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 62.74, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0444 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.8788, 45.7063, 10.9110)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB93B #3B3EBC

analogous

#BC783B #BCB93B #7EBC3B

triadic

#BCB93B #3BBCB9 #B93BBC

tetradic

#BCB93B #3BBC78 #3B3EBC #BC3B7E

square

#BCB93B #3BBC78 #3B3EBC #BC3B7E

split-complementary

#BCB93B #3B7EBC #783BBC

monochromatic

#5F5D1E #8D8B2C #BCB93B #CFCC65 #DDDC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BCB93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB93B

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB93B	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd79',
    500: '#bcb93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb93b;
$custom-light: #d3cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76549,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB93B

secondary

#8A8CC9

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB93B

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

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