#BCB43C#BCB43C

#BCB43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB43C
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -11.37, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 60.49, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0369 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8774, 43.6615, 10.7064)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB43C #3C44BC

analogous

#BC743C #BCB43C #84BC3C

triadic

#BCB43C #3CBCB4 #B43CBC

tetradic

#BCB43C #3CBC74 #3C44BC #BC3C84

square

#BCB43C #3CBC74 #3C44BC #BC3C84

split-complementary

#BCB43C #3C84BC #743CBC

monochromatic

#5F5B1E #8E882D #BCB43C #CEC867 #DDD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB43C

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB43C	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)

#C3AE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca79',
    500: '#bcb43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb43c;
$custom-light: #d3ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB43C

secondary

#8B8FC9

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB43C

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

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