#BCB445#BCB445

#BCB445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB445
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -10.84, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 56.82, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0344 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.131 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1358, 43.7649, 12.0677)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB445 #454DBC

analogous

#BC7845 #BCB445 #89BC45

triadic

#BCB445 #45BCB4 #B445BC

tetradic

#BCB445 #45BC78 #454DBC #BC4589

square

#BCB445 #45BC78 #454DBC #BC4589

split-complementary

#BCB445 #4589BC #7845BC

monochromatic

#635F24 #908A34 #BCB445 #CCC672 #DCD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB445

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB445	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)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7e',
    500: '#bcb445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb445;
$custom-light: #d3ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB445

secondary

#9497C9

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB445

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

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