#BCB149#BCB149

#BCB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB149
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -9.01, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 53.95, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0288 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6651, 42.6181, 12.5441)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB149 #4954BC

analogous

#BC7749 #BCB149 #8DBC49

triadic

#BCB149 #49BCB1 #B149BC

tetradic

#BCB149 #49BC77 #4954BC #BC498D

square

#BCB149 #49BC77 #4954BC #BC498D

split-complementary

#BCB149 #498DBC #7749BC

monochromatic

#655F25 #928936 #BCB149 #CCC476 #DDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB149

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB149	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)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c880',
    500: '#bcb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb149;
$custom-light: #d3c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB149

secondary

#979CCA

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB149

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

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