#BCB742#BCB742

#BCB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB742
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -12.57, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 59.22, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0396 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.137 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6573, 44.9530, 11.7937)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB742 #4247BC

analogous

#BC7A42 #BCB742 #84BC42

triadic

#BCB742 #42BCB7 #B742BC

tetradic

#BCB742 #42BC7A #4247BC #BC4284

square

#BCB742 #42BC7A #4247BC #BC4284

split-complementary

#BCB742 #4284BC #7A42BC

monochromatic

#615F22 #8F8B32 #BCB742 #CCC96F #DCDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BCB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB742

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB742	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc7c',
    500: '#bcb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb742;
$custom-light: #d3cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76172,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB742

secondary

#9194C9

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB742

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

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