#BCB141#BCB141

#BCB141 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	#BCB141
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -9.53, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 57.38, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0312 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4168, 42.5187, 11.2360)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB141 #414CBC

analogous

#BC7341 #BCB141 #8ABC41

triadic

#BCB141 #41BCB1 #B141BC

tetradic

#BCB141 #41BC73 #414CBC #BC418A

square

#BCB141 #41BC73 #414CBC #BC418A

split-complementary

#BCB141 #418ABC #7341BC

monochromatic

#615B22 #8F8631 #BCB141 #CDC46E #DCD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCB141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB141

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB141	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bcb141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb141;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB141

secondary

#9095C9

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB141

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

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