#BCB43A#BCB43A

#BCB43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB43A
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -11.48, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 61.27, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0374 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8255, 43.6407, 10.4332)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB43A #3A42BC

analogous

#BC733A #BCB43A #83BC3A

triadic

#BCB43A #3ABCB4 #B43ABC

tetradic

#BCB43A #3ABC73 #3A42BC #BC3A83

square

#BCB43A #3ABC73 #3A42BC #BC3A83

split-complementary

#BCB43A #3A83BC #733ABC

monochromatic

#5E5A1D #8D872C #BCB43A #CFC964 #DED993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB43A

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB43A	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca78',
    500: '#bcb43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb43a;
$custom-light: #d4ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75457,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB43A

secondary

#898DC9

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB43A

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

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