#BCB122#BCB122

#BCB122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.150 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB122
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -10.93, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 68.14, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0381 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.15 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7516, 42.2527, 7.7328)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB122 #222DBC

analogous

#BC6422 #BCB122 #7ABC22

triadic

#BCB122 #22BCB1 #B122BC

tetradic

#BCB122 #22BC64 #222DBC #BC227A

square

#BCB122 #22BC64 #222DBC #BC227A

split-complementary

#BCB122 #227ABC #6422BC

monochromatic

#544F0F #888019 #BCB122 #DCD13F #E6DD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCB122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB122

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB122	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.150 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c76c',
    500: '#bcb122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb122;
$custom-light: #d4c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB122

secondary

#6D74CD

accent

#48EC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB122

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

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