#BCB446#BCB446

#BCB446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB446
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -10.77, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 56.39, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0341 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1671, 43.7774, 12.2326)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB446 #464EBC

analogous

#BC7946 #BCB446 #89BC46

triadic

#BCB446 #46BCB4 #B446BC

tetradic

#BCB446 #46BC79 #464EBC #BC4689

square

#BCB446 #46BC79 #464EBC #BC4689

split-complementary

#BCB446 #4689BC #7946BC

monochromatic

#645F24 #908A34 #BCB446 #CCC673 #DDD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCB446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB446

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB446	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7e',
    500: '#bcb446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb446;
$custom-light: #d3ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB446

secondary

#9598C9

accent

#5AD651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB446

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

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