#BCB349#BCB349

#BCB349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB349
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -10.05, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 54.71, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0317 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0631, 43.4139, 12.6768)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB349 #4952BC

analogous

#BC7949 #BCB349 #8BBC49

triadic

#BCB349 #49BCB3 #B349BC

tetradic

#BCB349 #49BC79 #4952BC #BC498B

square

#BCB349 #49BC79 #4952BC #BC498B

split-complementary

#BCB349 #498BBC #7949BC

monochromatic

#656025 #928B36 #BCB349 #CCC676 #DDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB349

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB349	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)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c980',
    500: '#bcb349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb349;
$custom-light: #d3c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75374,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB349

secondary

#979BCA

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB349

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

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