#BCB447#BCB447

#BCB447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB447
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -10.71, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 55.97, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0338 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.13 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1990, 43.7901, 12.4002)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB447 #474FBC

analogous

#BC7947 #BCB447 #8ABC47

triadic

#BCB447 #47BCB4 #B447BC

tetradic

#BCB447 #47BC79 #474FBC #BC478A

square

#BCB447 #47BC79 #474FBC #BC478A

split-complementary

#BCB447 #478ABC #7947BC

monochromatic

#646024 #918B35 #BCB447 #CCC674 #DDD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCB447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB447

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB447	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)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7f',
    500: '#bcb447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb447;
$custom-light: #d3ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB447

secondary

#9599C9

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB447

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

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