#BCB140#BCB140

#BCB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB140
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -9.59, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 57.79, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0314 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3881, 42.5072, 11.0848)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB140 #404BBC

analogous

#BC7340 #BCB140 #89BC40

triadic

#BCB140 #40BCB1 #B140BC

tetradic

#BCB140 #40BC73 #404BBC #BC4089

square

#BCB140 #40BC73 #404BBC #BC4089

split-complementary

#BCB140 #4089BC #7340BC

monochromatic

#615B21 #8E8630 #BCB140 #CDC46C #DDD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB140

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB140	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bcb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb140;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB140

secondary

#8F94C9

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB140

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

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