#BCB340#BCB340

#BCB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB340
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -10.63, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 58.53, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0344 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7860, 43.3031, 11.2174)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB340 #4049BC

analogous

#BC7540 #BCB340 #87BC40

triadic

#BCB340 #40BCB3 #B340BC

tetradic

#BCB340 #40BC75 #4049BC #BC4087

square

#BCB340 #40BC75 #4049BC #BC4087

split-complementary

#BCB340 #4087BC #7540BC

monochromatic

#615C21 #8E8830 #BCB340 #CDC66C #DDD89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB340

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB340	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97b',
    500: '#bcb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb340;
$custom-light: #d3c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7529,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB340

secondary

#8F93C9

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB340

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

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