#BCB025#BCB025

#BCB025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.148 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB025
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -10.32, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 67.00, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0361 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.148 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6000, 41.8772, 7.9051)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB025 #2531BC

analogous

#BC6525 #BCB025 #7DBC25

triadic

#BCB025 #25BCB0 #B025BC

tetradic

#BCB025 #25BC65 #2531BC #BC257D

square

#BCB025 #25BC65 #2531BC #BC257D

split-complementary

#BCB025 #257DBC #6525BC

monochromatic

#565011 #89801B #BCB025 #DACE44 #E4DC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCB025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCB025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB025

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB025	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.148 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c76d',
    500: '#bcb025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb025;
$custom-light: #d4c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB025

secondary

#7178CC

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB025

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

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