#BCB54A#BCB54A

#BCB54A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB54A
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -11.02, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 55.05, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0344 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.128 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5002, 44.2348, 12.9874)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB54A #4A51BC

analogous

#BC7C4A #BCB54A #8ABC4A

triadic

#BCB54A #4ABCB5 #B54ABC

tetradic

#BCB54A #4ABC7C #4A51BC #BC4A8A

square

#BCB54A #4ABC7C #4A51BC #BC4A8A

split-complementary

#BCB54A #4A8ABC #7C4ABC

monochromatic

#666226 #938D36 #BCB54A #CDC777 #DDDAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB54A

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB54A	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca81',
    500: '#bcb54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb54a;
$custom-light: #d3ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.12829,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB54A

secondary

#989BCA

accent

#5AD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB54A

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

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