#BCB442#BCB442

#BCB442 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 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB442
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -11.02, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 58.08, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0353 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0451, 43.7286, 11.5896)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB442 #424ABC

analogous

#BC7742 #BCB442 #87BC42

triadic

#BCB442 #42BCB4 #B442BC

tetradic

#BCB442 #42BC77 #424ABC #BC4287

square

#BCB442 #42BC77 #424ABC #BC4287

split-complementary

#BCB442 #4287BC #7742BC

monochromatic

#615D22 #8F8932 #BCB442 #CCC66F #DCD89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB442

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB442	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7c',
    500: '#bcb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb442;
$custom-light: #d3ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75523,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB442

secondary

#9195C9

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB442

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

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