#BCB24A#BCB24A

#BCB24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB24A
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -9.47, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 53.89, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.03 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8968, 43.0279, 12.7862)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB24A #4A54BC

analogous

#BC794A #BCB24A #8DBC4A

triadic

#BCB24A #4ABCB2 #B24ABC

tetradic

#BCB24A #4ABC79 #4A54BC #BC4A8D

square

#BCB24A #4ABC79 #4A54BC #BC4A8D

split-complementary

#BCB24A #4A8DBC #794ABC

monochromatic

#666026 #938A36 #BCB24A #CDC577 #DDD8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BCB24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB24A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB24A	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c881',
    500: '#bcb24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb24a;
$custom-light: #d3c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB24A

secondary

#989CCA

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB24A

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

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