#BCB041#BCB041

#BCB041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB041
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -9.01, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 57.02, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0297 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.131 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2200, 42.1251, 11.1704)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB041 #414DBC

analogous

#BC7241 #BCB041 #8BBC41

triadic

#BCB041 #41BCB0 #B041BC

tetradic

#BCB041 #41BC72 #414DBC #BC418B

square

#BCB041 #41BC72 #414DBC #BC418B

split-complementary

#BCB041 #418BBC #7241BC

monochromatic

#615B22 #8F8531 #BCB041 #CDC36E #DCD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCB041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB041

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB041	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77b',
    500: '#bcb041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb041;
$custom-light: #d3c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74654,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB041

secondary

#9096C9

accent

#5DD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB041

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

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