#BCB444#BCB444

#BCB444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB444
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -10.90, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 57.24, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0347 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1051, 43.7526, 11.9056)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB444 #444CBC

analogous

#BC7844 #BCB444 #88BC44

triadic

#BCB444 #44BCB4 #B444BC

tetradic

#BCB444 #44BC78 #444CBC #BC4488

square

#BCB444 #44BC78 #444CBC #BC4488

split-complementary

#BCB444 #4488BC #7844BC

monochromatic

#625E23 #8F8933 #BCB444 #CCC671 #DCD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB444

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB444	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)

#C3AE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7d',
    500: '#bcb444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb444;
$custom-light: #d3ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75541,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB444

secondary

#9397C9

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB444

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

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