#BCB44C#BCB44C

#BCB44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; 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	#BCB44C
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -10.36, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 53.78, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0323 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.126 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3661, 43.8570, 13.2804)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB44C #4C54BC

analogous

#BC7C4C #BCB44C #8CBC4C

triadic

#BCB44C #4CBCB4 #B44CBC

tetradic

#BCB44C #4CBC7C #4C54BC #BC4C8C

square

#BCB44C #4CBC7C #4C54BC #BC4C8C

split-complementary

#BCB44C #4C8CBC #7C4CBC

monochromatic

#676227 #948D37 #BCB44C #CDC779 #DDD9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB44C

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB44C	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)

#C2AE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca82',
    500: '#bcb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb44c;
$custom-light: #d3ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB44C

secondary

#999DCA

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB44C

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

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