#BCB044#BCB044

#BCB044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB044
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -8.82, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 55.75, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0288 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.3092, 42.1608, 11.6403)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB044 #4450BC

analogous

#BC7444 #BCB044 #8CBC44

triadic

#BCB044 #44BCB0 #B044BC

tetradic

#BCB044 #44BC74 #4450BC #BC448C

square

#BCB044 #44BC74 #4450BC #BC448C

split-complementary

#BCB044 #448CBC #7444BC

monochromatic

#625C23 #8F8633 #BCB044 #CCC371 #DCD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCB044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB044

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB044	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)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77d',
    500: '#bcb044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb044;
$custom-light: #d3c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB044

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB044

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

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