#BCB749#BCB749

#BCB749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB749
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -12.12, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 56.28, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0376 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.131 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8764, 45.0406, 12.9479)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB749 #494EBC

analogous

#BC7D49 #BCB749 #87BC49

triadic

#BCB749 #49BCB7 #B749BC

tetradic

#BCB749 #49BC7D #494EBC #BC4987

square

#BCB749 #49BC7D #494EBC #BC4987

split-complementary

#BCB749 #4987BC #7D49BC

monochromatic

#656325 #928E36 #BCB749 #CCC976 #DDDAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCB749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB749

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB749	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)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc80',
    500: '#bcb749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb749;
$custom-light: #d3cc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76236,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB749

secondary

#9799CA

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB749

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

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