#BCB23D#BCB23D

#BCB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB23D
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -10.28, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 59.37, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0337 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5032, 42.8705, 10.7133)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB23D #3D47BC

analogous

#BC733D #BCB23D #87BC3D

triadic

#BCB23D #3DBCB2 #B23DBC

tetradic

#BCB23D #3DBC73 #3D47BC #BC3D87

square

#BCB23D #3DBC73 #3D47BC #BC3D87

split-complementary

#BCB23D #3D87BC #733DBC

monochromatic

#605B1F #8E862E #BCB23D #CEC668 #DDD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB23D

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB23D	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)

#C1AC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c879',
    500: '#bcb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb23d;
$custom-light: #d3c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB23D

secondary

#8C91C9

accent

#58DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB23D

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

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