#BCB43E#BCB43E

#BCB43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB43E
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -11.26, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 59.70, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0364 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9312, 43.6830, 10.9901)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB43E #3E46BC

analogous

#BC753E #BCB43E #85BC3E

triadic

#BCB43E #3EBCB4 #B43EBC

tetradic

#BCB43E #3EBC75 #3E46BC #BC3E85

square

#BCB43E #3EBC75 #3E46BC #BC3E85

split-complementary

#BCB43E #3E85BC #753EBC

monochromatic

#605C20 #8E882F #BCB43E #CEC76A #DDD898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB43E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB43E	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7a',
    500: '#bcb43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb43e;
$custom-light: #d3ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.13665,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB43E

secondary

#8D91C9

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB43E

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

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