#BCB44B#BCB44B

#BCB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB44B
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -10.43, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 54.22, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0326 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3316, 43.8432, 13.0987)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB44B #4B53BC

analogous

#BC7C4B #BCB44B #8CBC4B

triadic

#BCB44B #4BBCB4 #B44BBC

tetradic

#BCB44B #4BBC7C #4B53BC #BC4B8C

square

#BCB44B #4BBC7C #4B53BC #BC4B8C

split-complementary

#BCB44B #4B8CBC #7C4BBC

monochromatic

#666226 #938D37 #BCB44B #CDC778 #DDD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB44B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB44B	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)

#C2AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca81',
    500: '#bcb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb44b;
$custom-light: #d3ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB44B

secondary

#999CCA

accent

#5CD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB44B

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

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