#BCB949#BCB949

#BCB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.133 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB949
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -13.14, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 57.08, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0405 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.133 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2919, 45.8715, 13.0864)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB949 #494CBC

analogous

#BC7F49 #BCB949 #85BC49

triadic

#BCB949 #49BCB9 #B949BC

tetradic

#BCB949 #49BC7F #494CBC #BC4985

square

#BCB949 #49BC7F #494CBC #BC4985

split-complementary

#BCB949 #4985BC #7F49BC

monochromatic

#656425 #929036 #BCB949 #CCCA76 #DDDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB949

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB949	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.133 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd81',
    500: '#bcb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb949;
$custom-light: #d3cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB949

secondary

#9798CA

accent

#55D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB949

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

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