#BCB233#BCB233

#BCB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.142 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB233
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -10.79, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 63.15, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0362 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.142 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2585, 42.7726, 9.4247)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB233 #333DBC

analogous

#BC6D33 #BCB233 #82BC33

triadic

#BCB233 #33BCB2 #B233BC

tetradic

#BCB233 #33BC6D #333DBC #BC3382

square

#BCB233 #33BC6D #333DBC #BC3382

split-complementary

#BCB233 #3382BC #6D33BC

monochromatic

#5C5719 #8C8426 #BCB233 #D2C95A #DFD98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB233

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB233	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.142 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c874',
    500: '#bcb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb233;
$custom-light: #d4c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74975,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB233

secondary

#8187C9

accent

#52E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB233

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

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