#BCB133#BCB133

#BCB133 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.141 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB133
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -10.28, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 62.81, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0348 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.141 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0603, 42.3761, 9.3586)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB133 #333EBC

analogous

#BC6C33 #BCB133 #83BC33

triadic

#BCB133 #33BCB1 #B133BC

tetradic

#BCB133 #33BC6C #333EBC #BC3383

square

#BCB133 #33BC6C #333EBC #BC3383

split-complementary

#BCB133 #3383BC #6C33BC

monochromatic

#5C5619 #8C8426 #BCB133 #D2C95A #DFD88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB133 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB133 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB133

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB133	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB133	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb133;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.141 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c874',
    500: '#bcb133',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb133;
$custom-light: #d4c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb133",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7476,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB133

secondary

#8187C9

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB133

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

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