#BCB14B#BCB14B

#BCB14B 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	#BCB14B
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -8.87, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 53.06, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0282 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7325, 42.6450, 12.8990)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB14B #4B56BC

analogous

#BC794B #BCB14B #8FBC4B

triadic

#BCB14B #4BBCB1 #B14BBC

tetradic

#BCB14B #4BBC79 #4B56BC #BC4B8F

square

#BCB14B #4BBC79 #4B56BC #BC4B8F

split-complementary

#BCB14B #4B8FBC #794BBC

monochromatic

#666026 #938A37 #BCB14B #CDC478 #DDD8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCB14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB14B

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB14B	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)

#C0AC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c881',
    500: '#bcb14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb14b;
$custom-light: #d3c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB14B

secondary

#999DCA

accent

#5FD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB14B

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

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