#BCB34D#BCB34D

#BCB34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB34D
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -9.77, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 52.94, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0305 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2000, 43.4687, 13.3978)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB34D #4D56BC

analogous

#BC7C4D #BCB34D #8EBC4D

triadic

#BCB34D #4DBCB3 #B34DBC

tetradic

#BCB34D #4DBC7C #4D56BC #BC4D8E

square

#BCB34D #4DBC7C #4D56BC #BC4D8E

split-complementary

#BCB34D #4D8EBC #7C4DBC

monochromatic

#686227 #948D38 #BCB34D #CDC679 #DDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB34D

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB34D	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)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c983',
    500: '#bcb34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb34d;
$custom-light: #d3c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB34D

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB34D

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

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