#BCB040#BCB040

#BCB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB040
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -9.07, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 57.43, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.03 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1913, 42.1137, 11.0192)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB040 #404CBC

analogous

#BC7240 #BCB040 #8ABC40

triadic

#BCB040 #40BCB0 #B040BC

tetradic

#BCB040 #40BC72 #404CBC #BC408A

square

#BCB040 #40BC72 #404CBC #BC408A

split-complementary

#BCB040 #408ABC #7240BC

monochromatic

#615B21 #8E8530 #BCB040 #CDC46C #DDD69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB040

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB040	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77b',
    500: '#bcb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb040;
$custom-light: #d3c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB040

secondary

#8F95C9

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB040

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

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