#BCB44D#BCB44D

#BCB44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB44D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -10.29, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 53.33, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.032 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.125 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4011, 43.8710, 13.4649)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB44D #4D55BC

analogous

#BC7D4D #BCB44D #8CBC4D

triadic

#BCB44D #4DBCB4 #B44DBC

tetradic

#BCB44D #4DBC7D #4D55BC #BC4D8C

square

#BCB44D #4DBC7D #4D55BC #BC4D8C

split-complementary

#BCB44D #4D8CBC #7D4DBC

monochromatic

#686327 #948D38 #BCB44D #CDC779 #DDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB44D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB44D	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)

#C2AE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bcb44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb44d;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB44D

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB44D

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

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