#BCB44E#BCB44E

#BCB44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB44E
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -10.22, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 52.88, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0316 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.124 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4367, 43.8852, 13.6523)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB44E #4E56BC

analogous

#BC7D4E #BCB44E #8DBC4E

triadic

#BCB44E #4EBCB4 #B44EBC

tetradic

#BCB44E #4EBC7D #4E56BC #BC4E8D

square

#BCB44E #4EBC7D #4E56BC #BC4E8D

split-complementary

#BCB44E #4E8DBC #7D4EBC

monochromatic

#686327 #958E38 #BCB44E #CDC77A #DEDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB44E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB44E	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bcb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb44e;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7564,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB44E

secondary

#9B9ECB

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB44E

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

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