#BCB14E#BCB14E

#BCB14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB14E
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -8.66, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 51.71, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0272 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.121 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.8376, 42.6871, 13.4526)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB14E #4E59BC

analogous

#BC7A4E #BCB14E #90BC4E

triadic

#BCB14E #4EBCB1 #B14EBC

tetradic

#BCB14E #4EBC7A #4E59BC #BC4E90

square

#BCB14E #4EBC7A #4E59BC #BC4E90

split-complementary

#BCB14E #4E90BC #7A4EBC

monochromatic

#686227 #958B38 #BCB14E #CDC57A #DED8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCB14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB14E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB14E	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c883',
    500: '#bcb14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb14e;
$custom-light: #d3c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74997,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB14E

secondary

#9BA0CB

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB14E

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

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