#BCB14A#BCB14A

#BCB14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB14A
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -8.95, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 53.51, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0285 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6986, 42.6315, 12.7201)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB14A #4A55BC

analogous

#BC784A #BCB14A #8EBC4A

triadic

#BCB14A #4ABCB1 #B14ABC

tetradic

#BCB14A #4ABC78 #4A55BC #BC4A8E

square

#BCB14A #4ABC78 #4A55BC #BC4A8E

split-complementary

#BCB14A #4A8EBC #784ABC

monochromatic

#666026 #938A36 #BCB14A #CDC477 #DDD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCB14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB14A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB14A	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c881',
    500: '#bcb14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb14a;
$custom-light: #d3c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB14A

secondary

#989DCA

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB14A

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

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