#BCB448#BCB448

#BCB448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB448
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -10.64, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 55.53, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0335 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2313, 43.8031, 12.5706)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB448 #4850BC

analogous

#BC7A48 #BCB448 #8ABC48

triadic

#BCB448 #48BCB4 #B448BC

tetradic

#BCB448 #48BC7A #4850BC #BC488A

square

#BCB448 #48BC7A #4850BC #BC488A

split-complementary

#BCB448 #488ABC #7A48BC

monochromatic

#656025 #928B35 #BCB448 #CCC675 #DDD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCB448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB448

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB448	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)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca80',
    500: '#bcb448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb448;
$custom-light: #d3ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75579,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB448

secondary

#969ACA

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB448

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

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