#BCB649#BCB649

#BCB649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB649
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -11.60, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 55.88, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0361 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.13 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6709, 44.6296, 12.8794)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB649 #494FBC

analogous

#BC7C49 #BCB649 #88BC49

triadic

#BCB649 #49BCB6 #B649BC

tetradic

#BCB649 #49BC7C #494FBC #BC4988

square

#BCB649 #49BC7C #494FBC #BC4988

split-complementary

#BCB649 #4988BC #7C49BC

monochromatic

#656225 #928D36 #BCB649 #CCC876 #DDDAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB649

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB649	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb80',
    500: '#bcb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb649;
$custom-light: #d3cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB649

secondary

#979ACA

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB649

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

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