#BCB348#BCB348

#BCB348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB348
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -10.12, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 55.15, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.032 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.128 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0302, 43.4008, 12.5036)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB348 #4851BC

analogous

#BC7948 #BCB348 #8BBC48

triadic

#BCB348 #48BCB3 #B348BC

tetradic

#BCB348 #48BC79 #4851BC #BC488B

square

#BCB348 #48BC79 #4851BC #BC488B

split-complementary

#BCB348 #488BBC #7948BC

monochromatic

#656025 #928A35 #BCB348 #CCC675 #DDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB348

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB348	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)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c980',
    500: '#bcb348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb348;
$custom-light: #d3c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB348

secondary

#969ACA

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB348

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

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