#BCB945#BCB945

#BCB945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB945
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -13.40, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 58.77, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0417 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.136 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1635, 45.8202, 12.4103)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB945 #4548BC

analogous

#BC7D45 #BCB945 #84BC45

triadic

#BCB945 #45BCB9 #B945BC

tetradic

#BCB945 #45BC7D #4548BC #BC4584

square

#BCB945 #45BC7D #4548BC #BC4584

split-complementary

#BCB945 #4584BC #7D45BC

monochromatic

#636124 #908E34 #BCB945 #CCCA72 #DCDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB945

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB945	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)

#C8B236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7e',
    500: '#bcb945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb945;
$custom-light: #d3cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76632,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB945

secondary

#9495C9

accent

#55D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB945

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

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