#BCB244#BCB244

#BCB244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB244
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -9.86, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 56.49, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0318 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7042, 42.9509, 11.7720)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB244 #444EBC

analogous

#BC7644 #BCB244 #8ABC44

triadic

#BCB244 #44BCB2 #B244BC

tetradic

#BCB244 #44BC76 #444EBC #BC448A

square

#BCB244 #44BC76 #444EBC #BC448A

split-complementary

#BCB244 #448ABC #7644BC

monochromatic

#625D23 #8F8833 #BCB244 #CCC571 #DCD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB244

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB244	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)

#C1AC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87d',
    500: '#bcb244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb244;
$custom-light: #d3c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB244

secondary

#9398C9

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB244

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

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