#BCB345#BCB345

#BCB345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB345
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -10.32, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 56.44, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0329 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9347, 43.3626, 12.0007)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB345 #454EBC

analogous

#BC7745 #BCB345 #8ABC45

triadic

#BCB345 #45BCB3 #B345BC

tetradic

#BCB345 #45BC77 #454EBC #BC458A

square

#BCB345 #45BC77 #454EBC #BC458A

split-complementary

#BCB345 #458ABC #7745BC

monochromatic

#635E24 #908934 #BCB345 #CCC572 #DCD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB345

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB345	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)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97e',
    500: '#bcb345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb345;
$custom-light: #d3c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75335,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB345

secondary

#9498C9

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB345

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

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