#BCB022#BCB022

#BCB022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB022
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -10.41, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 67.82, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0366 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5548, 41.8591, 7.6672)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB022 #222EBC

analogous

#BC6322 #BCB022 #7BBC22

triadic

#BCB022 #22BCB0 #B022BC

tetradic

#BCB022 #22BC63 #222EBC #BC227B

square

#BCB022 #22BC63 #222EBC #BC227B

split-complementary

#BCB022 #227BBC #6322BC

monochromatic

#544F0F #887F19 #BCB022 #DCD03F #E6DD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCB022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCB022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB022

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB022	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c76c',
    500: '#bcb022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb022;
$custom-light: #d4c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB022

secondary

#6D75CD

accent

#49EC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB022

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

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