#BCB023#BCB023

#BCB023 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	#BCB023
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -10.38, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 67.55, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0365 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.149 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5694, 41.8649, 7.7443)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB023 #232FBC

analogous

#BC6323 #BCB023 #7BBC23

triadic

#BCB023 #23BCB0 #B023BC

tetradic

#BCB023 #23BC63 #232FBC #BC237B

square

#BCB023 #23BC63 #232FBC #BC237B

split-complementary

#BCB023 #237BBC #6323BC

monochromatic

#554F10 #888019 #BCB023 #DCCF41 #E5DC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCB023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCB023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB023

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB023	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)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c76c',
    500: '#bcb023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb023;
$custom-light: #d4c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74454,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB023

secondary

#6F76CC

accent

#4AEB3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB023

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

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