#BCB049#BCB049

#BCB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB049
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -8.49, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 53.57, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0273 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.124 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4684, 42.2245, 12.4785)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB049 #4955BC

analogous

#BC7649 #BCB049 #8EBC49

triadic

#BCB049 #49BCB0 #B049BC

tetradic

#BCB049 #49BC76 #4955BC #BC498E

square

#BCB049 #49BC76 #4955BC #BC498E

split-complementary

#BCB049 #498EBC #7649BC

monochromatic

#655F25 #928836 #BCB049 #CCC376 #DDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB049

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB049	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c780',
    500: '#bcb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb049;
$custom-light: #d3c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB049

secondary

#979CCA

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB049

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

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