#BCB048#BCB048

#BCB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB048
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -8.56, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 54.02, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0276 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4355, 42.2113, 12.3053)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB048 #4854BC

analogous

#BC7648 #BCB048 #8EBC48

triadic

#BCB048 #48BCB0 #B048BC

tetradic

#BCB048 #48BC76 #4854BC #BC488E

square

#BCB048 #48BC76 #4854BC #BC488E

split-complementary

#BCB048 #488EBC #7648BC

monochromatic

#655E25 #928835 #BCB048 #CCC375 #DDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB048

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB048	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)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c77f',
    500: '#bcb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb048;
$custom-light: #d3c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7472,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB048

secondary

#969CCA

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB048

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

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