#BCB44A#BCB44A

#BCB44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB44A
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -10.50, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 54.66, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0329 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.127 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.2976, 43.8296, 12.9198)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB44A #4A52BC

analogous

#BC7B4A #BCB44A #8BBC4A

triadic

#BCB44A #4ABCB4 #B44ABC

tetradic

#BCB44A #4ABC7B #4A52BC #BC4A8B

square

#BCB44A #4ABC7B #4A52BC #BC4A8B

split-complementary

#BCB44A #4A8BBC #7B4ABC

monochromatic

#666126 #938C36 #BCB44A #CDC777 #DDD9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB44A

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB44A	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca81',
    500: '#bcb44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb44a;
$custom-light: #d3ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75599,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB44A

secondary

#989BCA

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB44A

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

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