#BCB247#BCB247

#BCB247 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB247
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -9.67, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 55.20, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0309 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.7981, 42.9885, 12.2666)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB247 #4751BC

analogous

#BC7747 #BCB247 #8BBC47

triadic

#BCB247 #47BCB2 #B247BC

tetradic

#BCB247 #47BC77 #4751BC #BC478B

square

#BCB247 #47BC77 #4751BC #BC478B

split-complementary

#BCB247 #478BBC #7747BC

monochromatic

#645F24 #918935 #BCB247 #CCC574 #DDD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB247

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB247	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87f',
    500: '#bcb247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb247;
$custom-light: #d3c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75139,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB247

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB247

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

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