#BCB225#BCB225

#BCB225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.149 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB225
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -11.35, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 67.63, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.039 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.149 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9950, 42.6672, 8.0368)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB225 #252FBC

analogous

#BC6625 #BCB225 #7BBC25

triadic

#BCB225 #25BCB2 #B225BC

tetradic

#BCB225 #25BC66 #252FBC #BC257B

square

#BCB225 #25BC66 #252FBC #BC257B

split-complementary

#BCB225 #257BBC #6625BC

monochromatic

#565111 #89821B #BCB225 #DAD044 #E4DD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCB225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB225

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB225	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)

#C6B131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.149 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c86d',
    500: '#bcb225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb225;
$custom-light: #d4c86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.14941,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB225

secondary

#7177CC

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB225

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

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