#BCB54B#BCB54B

#BCB54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB54B
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -10.95, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 54.61, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0341 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.127 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5342, 44.2484, 13.1662)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB54B #4B52BC

analogous

#BC7D4B #BCB54B #8BBC4B

triadic

#BCB54B #4BBCB5 #B54BBC

tetradic

#BCB54B #4BBC7D #4B52BC #BC4B8B

square

#BCB54B #4BBC7D #4B52BC #BC4B8B

split-complementary

#BCB54B #4B8BBC #7D4BBC

monochromatic

#666226 #938D37 #BCB54B #CDC778 #DDDAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB54B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB54B	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)

#C3AF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca82',
    500: '#bcb54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb54b;
$custom-light: #d3ca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75824,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB54B

secondary

#999CCA

accent

#5BD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB54B

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

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