#BCB545#BCB545

#BCB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB545
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -11.35, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 57.20, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0359 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.132 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3384, 44.1701, 12.1352)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB545 #454CBC

analogous

#BC7A45 #BCB545 #87BC45

triadic

#BCB545 #45BCB5 #B545BC

tetradic

#BCB545 #45BC7A #454CBC #BC4587

square

#BCB545 #45BC7A #454CBC #BC4587

split-complementary

#BCB545 #4587BC #7A45BC

monochromatic

#635F24 #908B34 #BCB545 #CCC772 #DCD99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB545

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB545	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)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7e',
    500: '#bcb545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb545;
$custom-light: #d3ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75766,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB545

secondary

#9497C9

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB545

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

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