#BCB34B#BCB34B

#BCB34B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB34B
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -9.91, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 53.83, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0311 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1305, 43.4409, 13.0316)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB34B #4B54BC

analogous

#BC7B4B #BCB34B #8DBC4B

triadic

#BCB34B #4BBCB3 #B34BBC

tetradic

#BCB34B #4BBC7B #4B54BC #BC4B8D

square

#BCB34B #4BBC7B #4B54BC #BC4B8D

split-complementary

#BCB34B #4B8DBC #7B4BBC

monochromatic

#666126 #938C37 #BCB34B #CDC678 #DDD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB34B

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB34B	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)

#C2AD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c981',
    500: '#bcb34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb34b;
$custom-light: #d3c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75394,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB34B

secondary

#999DCA

accent

#5DD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB34B

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

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