#BCB242#BCB242

#BCB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB242
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -9.99, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 57.33, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0323 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6442, 42.9269, 11.4560)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB242 #424CBC

analogous

#BC7542 #BCB242 #89BC42

triadic

#BCB242 #42BCB2 #B242BC

tetradic

#BCB242 #42BC75 #424CBC #BC4289

square

#BCB242 #42BC75 #424CBC #BC4289

split-complementary

#BCB242 #4289BC #7542BC

monochromatic

#615C22 #8F8732 #BCB242 #CCC56F #DCD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB242

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB242	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87c',
    500: '#bcb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb242;
$custom-light: #d3c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB242

secondary

#9196C9

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB242

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

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