#BCB147#BCB147

#BCB147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB147
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -9.15, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 54.83, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0294 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.127 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5999, 42.5920, 12.2005)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB147 #4752BC

analogous

#BC7647 #BCB147 #8CBC47

triadic

#BCB147 #47BCB1 #B147BC

tetradic

#BCB147 #47BC76 #4752BC #BC478C

square

#BCB147 #47BC76 #4752BC #BC478C

split-complementary

#BCB147 #478CBC #7647BC

monochromatic

#645E24 #918835 #BCB147 #CCC474 #DDD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCB147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB147

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB147	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)

#C0AB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87f',
    500: '#bcb147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb147;
$custom-light: #d3c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB147

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB147

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

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