#BCB047#BCB047

#BCB047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB047
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -8.63, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 54.45, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0279 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4031, 42.1984, 12.1349)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB047 #4753BC

analogous

#BC7547 #BCB047 #8DBC47

triadic

#BCB047 #47BCB0 #B047BC

tetradic

#BCB047 #47BC75 #4753BC #BC478D

square

#BCB047 #47BC75 #4753BC #BC478D

split-complementary

#BCB047 #478DBC #7547BC

monochromatic

#645E24 #918835 #BCB047 #CCC374 #DDD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCB047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB047

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB047	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77f',
    500: '#bcb047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb047;
$custom-light: #d3c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB047

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB047

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

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