#BCB943#BCB943

#BCB943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB943
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -13.53, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 59.59, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0423 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.138 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1024, 45.7957, 12.0888)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB943 #4346BC

analogous

#BC7C43 #BCB943 #83BC43

triadic

#BCB943 #43BCB9 #B943BC

tetradic

#BCB943 #43BC7C #4346BC #BC4383

square

#BCB943 #43BC7C #4346BC #BC4383

split-complementary

#BCB943 #4383BC #7C43BC

monochromatic

#626023 #8F8D33 #BCB943 #CCCA70 #DCDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB943

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB943	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)

#C8B234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7d',
    500: '#bcb943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb943;
$custom-light: #d3cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76614,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB943

secondary

#9294C9

accent

#54D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB943

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

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