#BCB249#BCB249

#BCB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB249
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -9.53, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 54.33, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0303 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8634, 43.0146, 12.6102)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB249 #4953BC

analogous

#BC7849 #BCB249 #8CBC49

triadic

#BCB249 #49BCB2 #B249BC

tetradic

#BCB249 #49BC78 #4953BC #BC498C

square

#BCB249 #49BC78 #4953BC #BC498C

split-complementary

#BCB249 #498CBC #7849BC

monochromatic

#656025 #928A36 #BCB249 #CCC576 #DDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB249

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB249	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)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c880',
    500: '#bcb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb249;
$custom-light: #d3c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75159,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB249

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB249

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

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