#BCB343#BCB343

#BCB343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB343
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -10.45, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 57.28, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0335 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8737, 43.3382, 11.6792)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB343 #434CBC

analogous

#BC7643 #BCB343 #89BC43

triadic

#BCB343 #43BCB3 #B343BC

tetradic

#BCB343 #43BC76 #434CBC #BC4389

square

#BCB343 #43BC76 #434CBC #BC4389

split-complementary

#BCB343 #4389BC #7643BC

monochromatic

#625D23 #8F8833 #BCB343 #CCC570 #DCD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB343

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB343	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97d',
    500: '#bcb343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb343;
$custom-light: #d3c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75317,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB343

secondary

#9296C9

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB343

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

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