#BCB642#BCB642

#BCB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB642
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -12.05, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 58.84, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0382 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4517, 44.5419, 11.7252)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB642 #4248BC

analogous

#BC7942 #BCB642 #85BC42

triadic

#BCB642 #42BCB6 #B642BC

tetradic

#BCB642 #42BC79 #4248BC #BC4285

square

#BCB642 #42BC79 #4248BC #BC4285

split-complementary

#BCB642 #4285BC #7942BC

monochromatic

#615E22 #8F8A32 #BCB642 #CCC86F #DCD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB642

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB642	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7c',
    500: '#bcb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb642;
$custom-light: #d3cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75955,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB642

secondary

#9194C9

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB642

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

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