#BCB43B#BCB43B

#BCB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB43B
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -11.43, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 60.88, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0372 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8512, 43.6510, 10.5685)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB43B #3B43BC

analogous

#BC733B #BCB43B #83BC3B

triadic

#BCB43B #3BBCB4 #B43BBC

tetradic

#BCB43B #3BBC73 #3B43BC #BC3B83

square

#BCB43B #3BBC73 #3B43BC #BC3B83

split-complementary

#BCB43B #3B83BC #733BBC

monochromatic

#5F5B1E #8D872C #BCB43B #CFC865 #DDD994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB43B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB43B	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)

#C3AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca78',
    500: '#bcb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb43b;
$custom-light: #d3ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB43B

secondary

#8A8EC9

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB43B

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

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