#BCB54E#BCB54E

#BCB54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB54E
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -10.73, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 53.28, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0331 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.125 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6393, 44.2904, 13.7198)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB54E #4E55BC

analogous

#BC7E4E #BCB54E #8CBC4E

triadic

#BCB54E #4EBCB5 #B54EBC

tetradic

#BCB54E #4EBC7E #4E55BC #BC4E8C

square

#BCB54E #4EBC7E #4E55BC #BC4E8C

split-complementary

#BCB54E #4E8CBC #7E4EBC

monochromatic

#686427 #958F38 #BCB54E #CDC87A #DEDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BCB54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB54E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB54E	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca83',
    500: '#bcb54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb54e;
$custom-light: #d3ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75856,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB54E

secondary

#9B9ECB

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB54E

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

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