#BCB34A#BCB34A

#BCB34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB34A
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -9.98, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 54.27, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0314 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0965, 43.4273, 12.8528)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB34A #4A53BC

analogous

#BC7A4A #BCB34A #8CBC4A

triadic

#BCB34A #4ABCB3 #B34ABC

tetradic

#BCB34A #4ABC7A #4A53BC #BC4A8C

square

#BCB34A #4ABC7A #4A53BC #BC4A8C

split-complementary

#BCB34A #4A8CBC #7A4ABC

monochromatic

#666126 #938B36 #BCB34A #CDC677 #DDD9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB34A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB34A	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c981',
    500: '#bcb34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb34a;
$custom-light: #d3c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB34A

secondary

#989CCA

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB34A

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

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