#BCB347#BCB347

#BCB347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB347
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -10.19, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 55.58, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0324 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.129 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9978, 43.3879, 12.3331)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB347 #4750BC

analogous

#BC7847 #BCB347 #8ABC47

triadic

#BCB347 #47BCB3 #B347BC

tetradic

#BCB347 #47BC78 #4750BC #BC478A

square

#BCB347 #47BC78 #4750BC #BC478A

split-complementary

#BCB347 #478ABC #7847BC

monochromatic

#645F24 #918A35 #BCB347 #CCC674 #DDD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB347

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB347	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c97f',
    500: '#bcb347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb347;
$custom-light: #d3c97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75354,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB347

secondary

#9599C9

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB347

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

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