#BCB648#BCB648

#BCB648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.131 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB648
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -11.67, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 56.31, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0365 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.131 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6380, 44.6164, 12.7062)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB648 #484EBC

analogous

#BC7C48 #BCB648 #88BC48

triadic

#BCB648 #48BCB6 #B648BC

tetradic

#BCB648 #48BC7C #484EBC #BC4888

square

#BCB648 #48BC7C #484EBC #BC4888

split-complementary

#BCB648 #4888BC #7C48BC

monochromatic

#656125 #928D35 #BCB648 #CCC875 #DDDAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB648

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB648	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)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.131 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb80',
    500: '#bcb648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb648;
$custom-light: #d3cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB648

secondary

#9699CA

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB648

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

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