#BCB840#BCB840

#BCB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB840
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -13.20, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 60.41, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0416 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.139 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8063, 45.3438, 11.5575)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB840 #4044BC

analogous

#BC7A40 #BCB840 #82BC40

triadic

#BCB840 #40BCB8 #B840BC

tetradic

#BCB840 #40BC7A #4044BC #BC4082

square

#BCB840 #40BC7A #4044BC #BC4082

split-complementary

#BCB840 #4082BC #7A40BC

monochromatic

#615F21 #8E8B30 #BCB840 #CDCA6C #DDDA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB840

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB840	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7b',
    500: '#bcb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb840;
$custom-light: #d3cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76371,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB840

secondary

#8F91C9

accent

#53D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB840

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

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