#BCB94B#BCB94B

#BCB94B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB94B
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -13.01, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 56.22, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0399 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.132 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3592, 45.8985, 13.4412)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB94B #4B4EBC

analogous

#BC814B #BCB94B #87BC4B

triadic

#BCB94B #4BBCB9 #B94BBC

tetradic

#BCB94B #4BBC81 #4B4EBC #BC4B87

square

#BCB94B #4BBC81 #4B4EBC #BC4B87

split-complementary

#BCB94B #4B87BC #814BBC

monochromatic

#666526 #939137 #BCB94B #CDCA78 #DDDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCB94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB94B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB94B	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd82',
    500: '#bcb94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb94b;
$custom-light: #d3cd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76689,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB94B

secondary

#999ACA

accent

#56D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB94B

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

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