#BCB245#BCB245

#BCB245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB245
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -9.80, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 56.06, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0315 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7350, 42.9632, 11.9341)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB245 #454FBC

analogous

#BC7645 #BCB245 #8ABC45

triadic

#BCB245 #45BCB2 #B245BC

tetradic

#BCB245 #45BC76 #454FBC #BC458A

square

#BCB245 #45BC76 #454FBC #BC458A

split-complementary

#BCB245 #458ABC #7645BC

monochromatic

#635E24 #908834 #BCB245 #CCC572 #DCD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB245

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB245	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)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87e',
    500: '#bcb245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb245;
$custom-light: #d3c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB245

secondary

#9498C9

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB245

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

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