#BCB549#BCB549

#BCB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB549
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -11.09, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 55.49, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0347 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.129 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4668, 44.2214, 12.8114)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB549 #4950BC

analogous

#BC7B49 #BCB549 #89BC49

triadic

#BCB549 #49BCB5 #B549BC

tetradic

#BCB549 #49BC7B #4950BC #BC4989

square

#BCB549 #49BC7B #4950BC #BC4989

split-complementary

#BCB549 #4989BC #7B49BC

monochromatic

#656125 #928C36 #BCB549 #CCC776 #DDD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB549

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB549	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)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca80',
    500: '#bcb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb549;
$custom-light: #d3ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB549

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#5AD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB549

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

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