#BCB143#BCB143

#BCB143 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB143
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -9.41, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 56.54, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0306 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4757, 42.5423, 11.5466)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB143 #434EBC

analogous

#BC7443 #BCB143 #8BBC43

triadic

#BCB143 #43BCB1 #B143BC

tetradic

#BCB143 #43BC74 #434EBC #BC438B

square

#BCB143 #43BC74 #434EBC #BC438B

split-complementary

#BCB143 #438BBC #7443BC

monochromatic

#625C23 #8F8733 #BCB143 #CCC470 #DCD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB143

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB143	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)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87c',
    500: '#bcb143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb143;
$custom-light: #d3c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74887,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB143

secondary

#9297C9

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB143

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

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