#BCB542#BCB542

#BCB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB542
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -11.54, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 58.46, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0367 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.135 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2477, 44.1338, 11.6571)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB542 #4249BC

analogous

#BC7842 #BCB542 #86BC42

triadic

#BCB542 #42BCB5 #B542BC

tetradic

#BCB542 #42BC78 #4249BC #BC4286

square

#BCB542 #42BC78 #4249BC #BC4286

split-complementary

#BCB542 #4286BC #7842BC

monochromatic

#615E22 #8F8932 #BCB542 #CCC76F #DCD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB542

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB542	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7c',
    500: '#bcb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb542;
$custom-light: #d3ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB542

secondary

#9194C9

accent

#58D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB542

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

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