#BCB043#BCB043

#BCB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB043
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -8.89, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 56.17, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0291 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.129 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.2789, 42.1487, 11.4810)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB043 #434FBC

analogous

#BC7443 #BCB043 #8BBC43

triadic

#BCB043 #43BCB0 #B043BC

tetradic

#BCB043 #43BC74 #434FBC #BC438B

square

#BCB043 #43BC74 #434FBC #BC438B

split-complementary

#BCB043 #438BBC #7443BC

monochromatic

#625C23 #8F8633 #BCB043 #CCC370 #DCD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB043

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB043	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)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77c',
    500: '#bcb043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb043;
$custom-light: #d3c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB043

secondary

#9298C9

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB043

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

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