#BCB033#BCB033

#BCB033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB033
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -9.76, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 62.47, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0333 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8635, 41.9826, 9.2930)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB033 #333FBC

analogous

#BC6C33 #BCB033 #83BC33

triadic

#BCB033 #33BCB0 #B033BC

tetradic

#BCB033 #33BC6C #333FBC #BC3383

square

#BCB033 #33BC6C #333FBC #BC3383

split-complementary

#BCB033 #3383BC #6C33BC

monochromatic

#5C5619 #8C8326 #BCB033 #D2C85A #DFD88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCB033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB033

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB033	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c773',
    500: '#bcb033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb033;
$custom-light: #d4c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB033

secondary

#8188C9

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB033

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

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