#BCB146#BCB146

#BCB146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB146
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -9.22, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 55.26, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0297 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5681, 42.5793, 12.0329)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB146 #4651BC

analogous

#BC7646 #BCB146 #8CBC46

triadic

#BCB146 #46BCB1 #B146BC

tetradic

#BCB146 #46BC76 #4651BC #BC468C

square

#BCB146 #46BC76 #4651BC #BC468C

split-complementary

#BCB146 #468CBC #7646BC

monochromatic

#645E24 #908834 #BCB146 #CCC473 #DDD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCB146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB146

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB146	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87e',
    500: '#bcb146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb146;
$custom-light: #d3c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB146

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#5ED651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB146

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

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