#BCB643#BCB643

#BCB643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB643
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -11.99, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 58.42, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0379 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.135 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4815, 44.5538, 11.8818)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB643 #4349BC

analogous

#BC7A43 #BCB643 #85BC43

triadic

#BCB643 #43BCB6 #B643BC

tetradic

#BCB643 #43BC7A #4349BC #BC4385

square

#BCB643 #43BC7A #4349BC #BC4385

split-complementary

#BCB643 #4385BC #7A43BC

monochromatic

#625F23 #8F8A33 #BCB643 #CCC870 #DCD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB643

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB643	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)

#C5AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7d',
    500: '#bcb643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb643;
$custom-light: #d3cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75964,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB643

secondary

#9295C9

accent

#57D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB643

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

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