#BCB440#BCB440

#BCB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB440
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -11.14, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 58.90, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0358 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9871, 43.7054, 11.2845)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB440 #4048BC

analogous

#BC7640 #BCB440 #86BC40

triadic

#BCB440 #40BCB4 #B440BC

tetradic

#BCB440 #40BC76 #4048BC #BC4086

square

#BCB440 #40BC76 #4048BC #BC4086

split-complementary

#BCB440 #4086BC #7640BC

monochromatic

#615D21 #8E8830 #BCB440 #CDC76C #DDD89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB440

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB440	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)

#C3AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7b',
    500: '#bcb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb440;
$custom-light: #d3ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB440

secondary

#8F93C9

accent

#58D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB440

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

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