#BCB246#BCB246

#BCB246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB246
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -9.74, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 55.63, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0312 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.7663, 42.9757, 12.0990)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB246 #4650BC

analogous

#BC7746 #BCB246 #8BBC46

triadic

#BCB246 #46BCB2 #B246BC

tetradic

#BCB246 #46BC77 #4650BC #BC468B

square

#BCB246 #46BC77 #4650BC #BC468B

split-complementary

#BCB246 #468BBC #7746BC

monochromatic

#645E24 #908934 #BCB246 #CCC573 #DDD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB246

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB246	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)

#C1AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87e',
    500: '#bcb246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb246;
$custom-light: #d3c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75129,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB246

secondary

#9599C9

accent

#5DD651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB246

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

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