#BCB640#BCB640

#BCB640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB640
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -12.17, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 59.65, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0388 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3938, 44.5187, 11.4200)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB640 #4046BC

analogous

#BC7840 #BCB640 #84BC40

triadic

#BCB640 #40BCB6 #B640BC

tetradic

#BCB640 #40BC78 #4046BC #BC4084

square

#BCB640 #40BC78 #4046BC #BC4084

split-complementary

#BCB640 #4084BC #7840BC

monochromatic

#615E21 #8E8A30 #BCB640 #CDC86C #DDD99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BCB640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB640

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB640	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7b',
    500: '#bcb640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb640;
$custom-light: #d3cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75938,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB640

secondary

#8F92C9

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB640

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

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