#BCB849#BCB849

#BCB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB849
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -12.63, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 56.68, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0391 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.132 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0834, 45.4546, 13.0169)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB849 #494DBC

analogous

#BC7E49 #BCB849 #86BC49

triadic

#BCB849 #49BCB8 #B849BC

tetradic

#BCB849 #49BC7E #494DBC #BC4986

square

#BCB849 #49BC7E #494DBC #BC4986

split-complementary

#BCB849 #4986BC #7E49BC

monochromatic

#656325 #928F36 #BCB849 #CCC976 #DDDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BCB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB849

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB849	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd81',
    500: '#bcb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb849;
$custom-light: #d3cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76452,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB849

secondary

#9799CA

accent

#57D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB849

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

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