#BCB23C#BCB23C

#BCB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB23C
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -10.34, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 59.77, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.034 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4765, 42.8598, 10.5728)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB23C #3C46BC

analogous

#BC723C #BCB23C #86BC3C

triadic

#BCB23C #3CBCB2 #B23CBC

tetradic

#BCB23C #3CBC72 #3C46BC #BC3C86

square

#BCB23C #3CBC72 #3C46BC #BC3C86

split-complementary

#BCB23C #3C86BC #723CBC

monochromatic

#5F5A1E #8E862D #BCB23C #CEC667 #DDD895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB23C

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB23C	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)

#C1AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c878',
    500: '#bcb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb23c;
$custom-light: #d3c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB23C

secondary

#8B90C9

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB23C

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

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