#BCB54F#BCB54F

#BCB54F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB54F
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -10.66, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 52.83, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0328 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6754, 44.3049, 13.9100)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB54F #4F56BC

analogous

#BC7F4F #BCB54F #8CBC4F

triadic

#BCB54F #4FBCB5 #B54FBC

tetradic

#BCB54F #4FBC7F #4F56BC #BC4F8C

square

#BCB54F #4FBC7F #4F56BC #BC4F8C

split-complementary

#BCB54F #4F8CBC #7F4FBC

monochromatic

#696528 #958F39 #BCB54F #CDC87B #DEDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BCB54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB54F

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB54F	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)

#C3AF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca84',
    500: '#bcb54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb54f;
$custom-light: #d3ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75866,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB54F

secondary

#9C9FCB

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB54F

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

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