#BCB142#BCB142

#BCB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB142
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -9.47, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 56.96, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0309 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4460, 42.5304, 11.3899)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB142 #424DBC

analogous

#BC7442 #BCB142 #8ABC42

triadic

#BCB142 #42BCB1 #B142BC

tetradic

#BCB142 #42BC74 #424DBC #BC428A

square

#BCB142 #42BC74 #424DBC #BC428A

split-complementary

#BCB142 #428ABC #7442BC

monochromatic

#615C22 #8F8632 #BCB142 #CCC46F #DCD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB142

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB142	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87c',
    500: '#bcb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb142;
$custom-light: #d3c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB142

secondary

#9196C9

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB142

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

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