#BCB94D#BCB94D

#BCB94D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB94D
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -12.86, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 55.34, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0393 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.13 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4288, 45.9263, 13.8074)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB94D #4D50BC

analogous

#BC814D #BCB94D #88BC4D

triadic

#BCB94D #4DBCB9 #B94DBC

tetradic

#BCB94D #4DBC81 #4D50BC #BC4D88

square

#BCB94D #4DBC81 #4D50BC #BC4D88

split-complementary

#BCB94D #4D88BC #814DBC

monochromatic

#686627 #949238 #BCB94D #CDCA79 #DDDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCB94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB94D

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB94D	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)

#C7B241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd83',
    500: '#bcb94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb94d;
$custom-light: #d3cd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76709,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB94D

secondary

#9A9BCB

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB94D

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

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