#BCB123#BCB123

#BCB123 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.149 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB123
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -10.90, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 67.87, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0379 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.149 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7662, 42.2585, 7.8098)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB123 #232EBC

analogous

#BC6423 #BCB123 #7ABC23

triadic

#BCB123 #23BCB1 #B123BC

tetradic

#BCB123 #23BC64 #232EBC #BC237A

square

#BCB123 #23BC64 #232EBC #BC237A

split-complementary

#BCB123 #237ABC #6423BC

monochromatic

#555010 #888019 #BCB123 #DCD041 #E5DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCB123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB123

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB123	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)

#C5B130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.149 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c76c',
    500: '#bcb123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb123;
$custom-light: #d4c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.686,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7467,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB123

secondary

#6F75CC

accent

#49EB3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB123

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

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