#BCB543#BCB543

#BCB543 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB543
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -11.48, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 58.04, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0365 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.134 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2774, 44.1457, 11.8138)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB543 #434ABC

analogous

#BC7943 #BCB543 #86BC43

triadic

#BCB543 #43BCB5 #B543BC

tetradic

#BCB543 #43BC79 #434ABC #BC4386

square

#BCB543 #43BC79 #434ABC #BC4386

split-complementary

#BCB543 #4386BC #7943BC

monochromatic

#625E23 #8F8A33 #BCB543 #CCC770 #DCD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB543

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB543	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)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7d',
    500: '#bcb543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb543;
$custom-light: #d3ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB543

secondary

#9295C9

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB543

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

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