#BCB93D#BCB93D

#BCB93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB93D
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -13.88, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 61.98, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0439 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.9317, 45.7274, 11.1895)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB93D #3D40BC

analogous

#BC7A3D #BCB93D #80BC3D

triadic

#BCB93D #3DBCB9 #B93DBC

tetradic

#BCB93D #3DBC7A #3D40BC #BC3D80

square

#BCB93D #3DBC7A #3D40BC #BC3D80

split-complementary

#BCB93D #3D80BC #7A3DBC

monochromatic

#605E1F #8E8C2E #BCB93D #CECC68 #DDDB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB93D

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB93D	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7a',
    500: '#bcb93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb93d;
$custom-light: #d3cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB93D

secondary

#8C8EC9

accent

#51DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB93D

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

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