#BCB344#BCB344

#BCB344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB344
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -10.38, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 56.86, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0332 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.131 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9039, 43.3503, 11.8386)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB344 #444DBC

analogous

#BC7744 #BCB344 #89BC44

triadic

#BCB344 #44BCB3 #B344BC

tetradic

#BCB344 #44BC77 #444DBC #BC4489

square

#BCB344 #44BC77 #444DBC #BC4489

split-complementary

#BCB344 #4489BC #7744BC

monochromatic

#625E23 #8F8933 #BCB344 #CCC571 #DCD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB344

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB344	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)

#C2AD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97d',
    500: '#bcb344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb344;
$custom-light: #d3c97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB344

secondary

#9397C9

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB344

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

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