#BCB341#BCB341

#BCB341 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	#BCB341
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -10.57, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 58.12, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0341 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8147, 43.3146, 11.3687)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB341 #414ABC

analogous

#BC7641 #BCB341 #88BC41

triadic

#BCB341 #41BCB3 #B341BC

tetradic

#BCB341 #41BC76 #414ABC #BC4188

square

#BCB341 #41BC76 #414ABC #BC4188

split-complementary

#BCB341 #4188BC #7641BC

monochromatic

#615C22 #8F8831 #BCB341 #CDC66E #DCD89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCB341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB341

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB341	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)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97b',
    500: '#bcb341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb341;
$custom-light: #d3c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75299,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB341

secondary

#9094C9

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB341

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

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