#BCB145#BCB145

#BCB145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB145
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -9.28, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 55.69, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.03 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5368, 42.5667, 11.8680)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB145 #4550BC

analogous

#BC7545 #BCB145 #8BBC45

triadic

#BCB145 #45BCB1 #B145BC

tetradic

#BCB145 #45BC75 #4550BC #BC458B

square

#BCB145 #45BC75 #4550BC #BC458B

split-complementary

#BCB145 #458BBC #7545BC

monochromatic

#635D24 #908734 #BCB145 #CCC472 #DCD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB145

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB145	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)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87e',
    500: '#bcb145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb145;
$custom-light: #d3c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB145

secondary

#9499C9

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB145

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

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