#BCB222#BCB222

#BCB222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.151 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB222
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -11.45, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 68.45, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0395 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.151 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9498, 42.6491, 7.7989)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB222 #222CBC

analogous

#BC6522 #BCB222 #79BC22

triadic

#BCB222 #22BCB2 #B222BC

tetradic

#BCB222 #22BC65 #222CBC #BC2279

square

#BCB222 #22BC65 #222CBC #BC2279

split-complementary

#BCB222 #2279BC #6522BC

monochromatic

#54500F #888119 #BCB222 #DCD23F #E6DE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCB222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB222

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB222	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.151 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c86c',
    500: '#bcb222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb222;
$custom-light: #d4c86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB222

secondary

#6D73CD

accent

#47EC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB222

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

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