#BCB24F#BCB24F

#BCB24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB24F
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -9.10, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 51.64, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0284 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0720, 43.0980, 13.7089)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB24F #4F59BC

analogous

#BC7B4F #BCB24F #90BC4F

triadic

#BCB24F #4FBCB2 #B24FBC

tetradic

#BCB24F #4FBC7B #4F59BC #BC4F90

square

#BCB24F #4FBC7B #4F59BC #BC4F90

split-complementary

#BCB24F #4F90BC #7B4FBC

monochromatic

#696328 #958D39 #BCB24F #CDC57B #DED9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCB24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB24F

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB24F	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c884',
    500: '#bcb24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb24f;
$custom-light: #d3c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB24F

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB24F

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

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