#BCB045#BCB045

#BCB045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB045
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -8.76, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 55.32, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0285 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3400, 42.1731, 11.8024)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB045 #4551BC

analogous

#BC7545 #BCB045 #8CBC45

triadic

#BCB045 #45BCB0 #B045BC

tetradic

#BCB045 #45BC75 #4551BC #BC458C

square

#BCB045 #45BC75 #4551BC #BC458C

split-complementary

#BCB045 #458CBC #7545BC

monochromatic

#635D24 #908734 #BCB045 #CCC372 #DCD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCB045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB045

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB045	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)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77e',
    500: '#bcb045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb045;
$custom-light: #d3c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB045

secondary

#9499C9

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB045

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

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