#BCB941#BCB941

#BCB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB941
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -13.65, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 60.40, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0428 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0435, 45.7722, 11.7782)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB941 #4144BC

analogous

#BC7C41 #BCB941 #81BC41

triadic

#BCB941 #41BCB9 #B941BC

tetradic

#BCB941 #41BC7C #4144BC #BC4181

square

#BCB941 #41BC7C #4144BC #BC4181

split-complementary

#BCB941 #4181BC #7C41BC

monochromatic

#615F22 #8F8C31 #BCB941 #CDCA6E #DCDB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB941

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB941	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7c',
    500: '#bcb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb941;
$custom-light: #d3cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76597,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB941

secondary

#9092C9

accent

#53D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB941

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

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