#BCB748#BCB748

#BCB748 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB748
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -12.18, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 56.71, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0379 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.132 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8435, 45.0275, 12.7747)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB748 #484DBC

analogous

#BC7D48 #BCB748 #87BC48

triadic

#BCB748 #48BCB7 #B748BC

tetradic

#BCB748 #48BC7D #484DBC #BC4887

square

#BCB748 #48BC7D #484DBC #BC4887

split-complementary

#BCB748 #4887BC #7D48BC

monochromatic

#656225 #928E35 #BCB748 #CCC975 #DDDAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCB748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB748

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB748	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc80',
    500: '#bcb748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb748;
$custom-light: #d3cc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76226,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB748

secondary

#9698CA

accent

#57D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB748

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

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