#BCB641#BCB641

#BCB641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB641
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -12.11, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 59.24, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0385 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4225, 44.5302, 11.5713)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB641 #4147BC

analogous

#BC7841 #BCB641 #85BC41

triadic

#BCB641 #41BCB6 #B641BC

tetradic

#BCB641 #41BC78 #4147BC #BC4185

square

#BCB641 #41BC78 #4147BC #BC4185

split-complementary

#BCB641 #4185BC #7841BC

monochromatic

#615E22 #8F8A31 #BCB641 #CDC86E #DCD99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB641

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB641	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7c',
    500: '#bcb641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb641;
$custom-light: #d3cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB641

secondary

#9093C9

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB641

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

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