#BCB44F#BCB44F

#BCB44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB44F
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -10.14, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 52.43, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0313 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4728, 43.8997, 13.8425)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB44F #4F57BC

analogous

#BC7D4F #BCB44F #8EBC4F

triadic

#BCB44F #4FBCB4 #B44FBC

tetradic

#BCB44F #4FBC7D #4F57BC #BC4F8E

square

#BCB44F #4FBC7D #4F57BC #BC4F8E

split-complementary

#BCB44F #4F8EBC #7D4FBC

monochromatic

#696428 #958E39 #BCB44F #CDC77B #DEDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB44F

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB44F	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)

#C2AE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca84',
    500: '#bcb44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb44f;
$custom-light: #d3ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75651,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB44F

secondary

#9C9FCB

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB44F

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

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