#BCB248#BCB248

#BCB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB248
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -9.60, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 54.77, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0306 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8305, 43.0014, 12.4370)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB248 #4852BC

analogous

#BC7848 #BCB248 #8CBC48

triadic

#BCB248 #48BCB2 #B248BC

tetradic

#BCB248 #48BC78 #4852BC #BC488C

square

#BCB248 #48BC78 #4852BC #BC488C

split-complementary

#BCB248 #488CBC #7848BC

monochromatic

#655F25 #928A35 #BCB248 #CCC575 #DDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB248

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB248	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)

#C1AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87f',
    500: '#bcb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb248;
$custom-light: #d3c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75149,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB248

secondary

#969BCA

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB248

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

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