#BCB52F#BCB52F

#BCB52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.147 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB52F
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -12.52, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 65.56, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0414 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.147 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7776, 43.9457, 9.1812)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB52F #2F36BC

analogous

#BC6E2F #BCB52F #7CBC2F

triadic

#BCB52F #2FBCB5 #B52FBC

tetradic

#BCB52F #2FBC6E #2F36BC #BC2F7C

square

#BCB52F #2FBC6E #2F36BC #BC2F7C

split-complementary

#BCB52F #2F7CBC #6E2FBC

monochromatic

#5A5717 #8B8623 #BCB52F #D4CE54 #E0DC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB52F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB52F	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.147 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca72',
    500: '#bcb52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb52f;
$custom-light: #d4ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75599,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB52F

secondary

#7D81CA

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB52F

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

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