#BCB042#BCB042

#BCB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB042
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -8.95, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 56.60, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0294 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2492, 42.1368, 11.3243)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB042 #424EBC

analogous

#BC7342 #BCB042 #8BBC42

triadic

#BCB042 #42BCB0 #B042BC

tetradic

#BCB042 #42BC73 #424EBC #BC428B

square

#BCB042 #42BC73 #424EBC #BC428B

split-complementary

#BCB042 #428BBC #7342BC

monochromatic

#615B22 #8F8632 #BCB042 #CCC36F #DCD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB042

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB042	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77c',
    500: '#bcb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb042;
$custom-light: #d3c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB042

secondary

#9197C9

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB042

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

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