#BCB241#BCB241

#BCB241 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	#BCB241
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -10.05, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 57.75, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0326 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6150, 42.9152, 11.3021)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB241 #414BBC

analogous

#BC7541 #BCB241 #89BC41

triadic

#BCB241 #41BCB2 #B241BC

tetradic

#BCB241 #41BC75 #414BBC #BC4189

square

#BCB241 #41BC75 #414BBC #BC4189

split-complementary

#BCB241 #4189BC #7541BC

monochromatic

#615C22 #8F8731 #BCB241 #CDC56E #DCD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB241

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB241	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)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87b',
    500: '#bcb241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb241;
$custom-light: #d3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75084,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB241

secondary

#9095C9

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB241

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

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