#BCB443#BCB443

#BCB443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB443
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -10.96, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 57.66, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.035 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0748, 43.7405, 11.7462)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB443 #434BBC

analogous

#BC7743 #BCB443 #88BC43

triadic

#BCB443 #43BCB4 #B443BC

tetradic

#BCB443 #43BC77 #434BBC #BC4388

square

#BCB443 #43BC77 #434BBC #BC4388

split-complementary

#BCB443 #4388BC #7743BC

monochromatic

#625E23 #8F8933 #BCB443 #CCC670 #DCD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB443

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB443	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)

#C3AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7d',
    500: '#bcb443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb443;
$custom-light: #d3ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB443

secondary

#9296C9

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB443

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

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