#BCB34F#BCB34F

#BCB34F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB34F
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -9.62, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 52.03, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0298 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2717, 43.4974, 13.7755)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB34F #4F58BC

analogous

#BC7D4F #BCB34F #8EBC4F

triadic

#BCB34F #4FBCB3 #B34FBC

tetradic

#BCB34F #4FBC7D #4F58BC #BC4F8E

square

#BCB34F #4FBC7D #4F58BC #BC4F8E

split-complementary

#BCB34F #4F8EBC #7D4FBC

monochromatic

#696328 #958D39 #BCB34F #CDC67B #DED9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCB34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB34F

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB34F	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)

#C1AD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c984',
    500: '#bcb34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb34f;
$custom-light: #d3c984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB34F

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB34F

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

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