#BCB144#BCB144

#BCB144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB144
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -9.34, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 56.12, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0303 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5060, 42.5544, 11.7059)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB144 #444FBC

analogous

#BC7544 #BCB144 #8BBC44

triadic

#BCB144 #44BCB1 #B144BC

tetradic

#BCB144 #44BC75 #444FBC #BC448B

square

#BCB144 #44BC75 #444FBC #BC448B

split-complementary

#BCB144 #448BBC #7544BC

monochromatic

#625D23 #8F8733 #BCB144 #CCC471 #DCD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB144

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB144	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)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87d',
    500: '#bcb144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb144;
$custom-light: #d3c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB144

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB144

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

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