#BCB23B#BCB23B

#BCB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB23B
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -10.39, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 60.16, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0343 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4503, 42.8494, 10.4349)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB23B #3B45BC

analogous

#BC713B #BCB23B #85BC3B

triadic

#BCB23B #3BBCB2 #B23BBC

tetradic

#BCB23B #3BBC71 #3B45BC #BC3B85

square

#BCB23B #3BBC71 #3B45BC #BC3B85

split-complementary

#BCB23B #3B85BC #713BBC

monochromatic

#5F5A1E #8D862C #BCB23B #CFC765 #DDD894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB23B

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB23B	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c878',
    500: '#bcb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb23b;
$custom-light: #d3c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75034,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB23B

secondary

#8A8FC9

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB23B

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

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