#BCB12F#BCB12F

#BCB12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.144 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB12F
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -10.46, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 64.20, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0356 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.144 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9759, 42.3424, 8.9140)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB12F #2F3ABC

analogous

#BC6A2F #BCB12F #80BC2F

triadic

#BCB12F #2FBCB1 #B12FBC

tetradic

#BCB12F #2FBC6A #2F3ABC #BC2F80

square

#BCB12F #2FBC6A #2F3ABC #BC2F80

split-complementary

#BCB12F #2F80BC #6A2FBC

monochromatic

#5A5517 #8B8323 #BCB12F #D4CA54 #E0D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCB12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB12F

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB12F	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.144 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c872',
    500: '#bcb12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb12f;
$custom-light: #d4c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74734,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB12F

secondary

#7D83CA

accent

#51E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB12F

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

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