#BCB243#BCB243

#BCB243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB243
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -9.93, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 56.91, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0321 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6740, 42.9388, 11.6126)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB243 #434DBC

analogous

#BC7543 #BCB243 #8ABC43

triadic

#BCB243 #43BCB2 #B243BC

tetradic

#BCB243 #43BC75 #434DBC #BC438A

square

#BCB243 #43BC75 #434DBC #BC438A

split-complementary

#BCB243 #438ABC #7543BC

monochromatic

#625D23 #8F8733 #BCB243 #CCC470 #DCD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB243

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB243	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)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87c',
    500: '#bcb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb243;
$custom-light: #d3c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB243

secondary

#9297C9

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB243

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

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