#BCB441#BCB441

#BCB441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB441
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -11.08, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 58.49, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0356 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0158, 43.7169, 11.4357)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB441 #4149BC

analogous

#BC7741 #BCB441 #86BC41

triadic

#BCB441 #41BCB4 #B441BC

tetradic

#BCB441 #41BC77 #4149BC #BC4186

square

#BCB441 #41BC77 #4149BC #BC4186

split-complementary

#BCB441 #4186BC #7741BC

monochromatic

#615D22 #8F8831 #BCB441 #CDC76E #DCD89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB441

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB441	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)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7b',
    500: '#bcb441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb441;
$custom-light: #d3ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75514,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB441

secondary

#9094C9

accent

#58D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB441

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

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