#BCB125#BCB125

#BCB125 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.149 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB125
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -10.83, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 67.31, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0376 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.149 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7968, 42.2707, 7.9707)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB125 #2530BC

analogous

#BC6625 #BCB125 #7CBC25

triadic

#BCB125 #25BCB1 #B125BC

tetradic

#BCB125 #25BC66 #2530BC #BC257C

square

#BCB125 #25BC66 #2530BC #BC257C

split-complementary

#BCB125 #257CBC #6625BC

monochromatic

#565111 #89811B #BCB125 #DACF44 #E4DC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCB125 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB125

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB125	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)

#C5B131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.149 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c76d',
    500: '#bcb125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb125;
$custom-light: #d4c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.629,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB125

secondary

#7178CC

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB125

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

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