#BCB845#BCB845

#BCB845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB845
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -12.89, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 58.37, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0402 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.135 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9550, 45.4032, 12.3408)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB845 #4549BC

analogous

#BC7C45 #BCB845 #85BC45

triadic

#BCB845 #45BCB8 #B845BC

tetradic

#BCB845 #45BC7C #4549BC #BC4585

square

#BCB845 #45BC7C #4549BC #BC4585

split-complementary

#BCB845 #4585BC #7C45BC

monochromatic

#636124 #908D34 #BCB845 #CCC972 #DCDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCB845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB845

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB845	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)

#C7B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7e',
    500: '#bcb845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb845;
$custom-light: #d3cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76415,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB845

secondary

#9496C9

accent

#56D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB845

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

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