#BCB046#BCB046

#BCB046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB046
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -8.69, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 54.89, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0282 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3713, 42.1857, 11.9673)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB046 #4652BC

analogous

#BC7546 #BCB046 #8DBC46

triadic

#BCB046 #46BCB0 #B046BC

tetradic

#BCB046 #46BC75 #4652BC #BC468D

square

#BCB046 #46BC75 #4652BC #BC468D

split-complementary

#BCB046 #468DBC #7546BC

monochromatic

#645D24 #908734 #BCB046 #CCC373 #DDD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCB046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB046

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB046	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77e',
    500: '#bcb046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb046;
$custom-light: #d3c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB046

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#5FD651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB046

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

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