#BCB04A#BCB04A

#BCB04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB04A
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -8.42, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 53.13, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.027 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5018, 42.2379, 12.6545)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB04A #4A56BC

analogous

#BC774A #BCB04A #8FBC4A

triadic

#BCB04A #4ABCB0 #B04ABC

tetradic

#BCB04A #4ABC77 #4A56BC #BC4A8F

square

#BCB04A #4ABC77 #4A56BC #BC4A8F

split-complementary

#BCB04A #4A8FBC #774ABC

monochromatic

#665F26 #938936 #BCB04A #CDC377 #DDD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCB04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB04A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB04A	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c781',
    500: '#bcb04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb04a;
$custom-light: #d3c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB04A

secondary

#989DCA

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB04A

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

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