#BCB148#BCB148

#BCB148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB148
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -9.08, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 54.39, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0291 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6323, 42.6049, 12.3709)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB148 #4853BC

analogous

#BC7748 #BCB148 #8DBC48

triadic

#BCB148 #48BCB1 #B148BC

tetradic

#BCB148 #48BC77 #4853BC #BC488D

square

#BCB148 #48BC77 #4853BC #BC488D

split-complementary

#BCB148 #488DBC #7748BC

monochromatic

#655F25 #928935 #BCB148 #CCC475 #DDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB148

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB148	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)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87f',
    500: '#bcb148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb148;
$custom-light: #d3c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74934,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB148

secondary

#969BCA

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB148

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

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