#BCB34E#BCB34E

#BCB34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB34E
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -9.70, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 52.49, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0302 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2356, 43.4829, 13.5852)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB34E #4E57BC

analogous

#BC7C4E #BCB34E #8EBC4E

triadic

#BCB34E #4EBCB3 #B34EBC

tetradic

#BCB34E #4EBC7C #4E57BC #BC4E8E

square

#BCB34E #4EBC7C #4E57BC #BC4E8E

split-complementary

#BCB34E #4E8EBC #7C4EBC

monochromatic

#686327 #958D38 #BCB34E #CDC67A #DED9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCB34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB34E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB34E	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c983',
    500: '#bcb34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb34e;
$custom-light: #d3c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB34E

secondary

#9B9FCB

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB34E

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

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