#BCB646#BCB646

#BCB646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB646
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -11.80, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 57.17, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.037 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.133 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5738, 44.5907, 12.3681)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB646 #464CBC

analogous

#BC7B46 #BCB646 #87BC46

triadic

#BCB646 #46BCB6 #B646BC

tetradic

#BCB646 #46BC7B #464CBC #BC4687

square

#BCB646 #46BC7B #464CBC #BC4687

split-complementary

#BCB646 #4687BC #7B46BC

monochromatic

#646024 #908C34 #BCB646 #CCC873 #DDD9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB646

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB646	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7f',
    500: '#bcb646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb646;
$custom-light: #d3cb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75991,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB646

secondary

#9597C9

accent

#58D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB646

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

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