#BCB942#BCB942

#BCB942 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 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB942
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -13.59, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 60.00, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0425 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0727, 45.7838, 11.9322)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB942 #4245BC

analogous

#BC7C42 #BCB942 #82BC42

triadic

#BCB942 #42BCB9 #B942BC

tetradic

#BCB942 #42BC7C #4245BC #BC4282

square

#BCB942 #42BC7C #4245BC #BC4282

split-complementary

#BCB942 #4282BC #7C42BC

monochromatic

#616022 #8F8C32 #BCB942 #CCCA6F #DCDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB942

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB942	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7c',
    500: '#bcb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb942;
$custom-light: #d3cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB942

secondary

#9193C9

accent

#54D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB942

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

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