#BCB547#BCB547

#BCB547 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB547
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -11.22, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 56.35, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0353 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4016, 44.1953, 12.4677)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB547 #474EBC

analogous

#BC7A47 #BCB547 #88BC47

triadic

#BCB547 #47BCB5 #B547BC

tetradic

#BCB547 #47BC7A #474EBC #BC4788

square

#BCB547 #47BC7A #474EBC #BC4788

split-complementary

#BCB547 #4788BC #7A47BC

monochromatic

#646024 #918B35 #BCB547 #CCC774 #DDD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB547

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB547	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca7f',
    500: '#bcb547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb547;
$custom-light: #d3ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB547

secondary

#9599C9

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB547

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

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