#BCB342#BCB342

#BCB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB342
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -10.51, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 57.70, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0338 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8439, 43.3263, 11.5226)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB342 #424BBC

analogous

#BC7642 #BCB342 #88BC42

triadic

#BCB342 #42BCB3 #B342BC

tetradic

#BCB342 #42BC76 #424BBC #BC4288

square

#BCB342 #42BC76 #424BBC #BC4288

split-complementary

#BCB342 #4288BC #7642BC

monochromatic

#615D22 #8F8832 #BCB342 #CCC56F #DCD89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB342

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB342	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)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97c',
    500: '#bcb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb342;
$custom-light: #d3c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75308,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB342

secondary

#9195C9

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB342

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

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