#BCB346#BCB346

#BCB346 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	#BCB346
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -10.25, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 56.01, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0327 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9660, 43.3751, 12.1655)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB346 #464FBC

analogous

#BC7846 #BCB346 #8ABC46

triadic

#BCB346 #46BCB3 #B346BC

tetradic

#BCB346 #46BC78 #464FBC #BC468A

square

#BCB346 #46BC78 #464FBC #BC468A

split-complementary

#BCB346 #468ABC #7846BC

monochromatic

#645F24 #908934 #BCB346 #CCC573 #DDD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB346

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB346	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)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97e',
    500: '#bcb346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb346;
$custom-light: #d3c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75344,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB346

secondary

#9599C9

accent

#5BD651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB346

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

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