#BCB540#BCB540

#BCB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB540
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -11.66, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 59.27, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0373 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1897, 44.1106, 11.3520)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB540 #4047BC

analogous

#BC7740 #BCB540 #85BC40

triadic

#BCB540 #40BCB5 #B540BC

tetradic

#BCB540 #40BC77 #4047BC #BC4085

square

#BCB540 #40BC77 #4047BC #BC4085

split-complementary

#BCB540 #4085BC #7740BC

monochromatic

#615D21 #8E8930 #BCB540 #CDC86C #DDD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB540

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB540	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7b',
    500: '#bcb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb540;
$custom-light: #d3ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75722,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB540

secondary

#8F93C9

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB540

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

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