#BCB842#BCB842

#BCB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.138 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB842
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -13.08, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 59.61, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0411 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.138 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8642, 45.3669, 11.8627)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB842 #4246BC

analogous

#BC7B42 #BCB842 #83BC42

triadic

#BCB842 #42BCB8 #B842BC

tetradic

#BCB842 #42BC7B #4246BC #BC4283

square

#BCB842 #42BC7B #4246BC #BC4283

split-complementary

#BCB842 #4283BC #7B42BC

monochromatic

#615F22 #8F8C32 #BCB842 #CCC96F #DCDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB842

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB842	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.138 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7c',
    500: '#bcb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb842;
$custom-light: #d3cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB842

secondary

#9193C9

accent

#55D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB842

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

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