#BCB844#BCB844

#BCB844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB844
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -12.96, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 58.79, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0405 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.136 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9242, 45.3909, 12.1787)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB844 #4448BC

analogous

#BC7C44 #BCB844 #84BC44

triadic

#BCB844 #44BCB8 #B844BC

tetradic

#BCB844 #44BC7C #4448BC #BC4484

square

#BCB844 #44BC7C #4448BC #BC4484

split-complementary

#BCB844 #4484BC #7C44BC

monochromatic

#626023 #8F8C33 #BCB844 #CCC971 #DCDA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCB844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB844

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB844	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7e',
    500: '#bcb844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb844;
$custom-light: #d3cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB844

secondary

#9395C9

accent

#55D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB844

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

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