#BCB544#BCB544

#BCB544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB544
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -11.42, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 57.62, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0362 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.133 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3077, 44.1578, 11.9731)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB544 #444BBC

analogous

#BC7944 #BCB544 #87BC44

triadic

#BCB544 #44BCB5 #B544BC

tetradic

#BCB544 #44BC79 #444BBC #BC4487

square

#BCB544 #44BC79 #444BBC #BC4487

split-complementary

#BCB544 #4487BC #7944BC

monochromatic

#625F23 #8F8A33 #BCB544 #CCC771 #DCD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB544

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB544	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)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7d',
    500: '#bcb544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb544;
$custom-light: #d3ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75757,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB544

secondary

#9396C9

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB544

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

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