#BCB240#BCB240

#BCB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB240
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -10.11, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 58.16, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0329 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5863, 42.9037, 11.1509)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB240 #404ABC

analogous

#BC7440 #BCB240 #88BC40

triadic

#BCB240 #40BCB2 #B240BC

tetradic

#BCB240 #40BC74 #404ABC #BC4088

square

#BCB240 #40BC74 #404ABC #BC4088

split-complementary

#BCB240 #4088BC #7440BC

monochromatic

#615C21 #8E8730 #BCB240 #CDC56C #DDD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB240

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB240	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bcb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb240;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB240

secondary

#8F94C9

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB240

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

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