#BCB23E#BCB23E

#BCB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB23E
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -10.23, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 58.97, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0335 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5304, 42.8814, 10.8565)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB23E #3E48BC

analogous

#BC733E #BCB23E #87BC3E

triadic

#BCB23E #3EBCB2 #B23EBC

tetradic

#BCB23E #3EBC73 #3E48BC #BC3E87

square

#BCB23E #3EBC73 #3E48BC #BC3E87

split-complementary

#BCB23E #3E87BC #733EBC

monochromatic

#605B20 #8E862F #BCB23E #CEC66A #DDD798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB23E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB23E	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87a',
    500: '#bcb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb23e;
$custom-light: #d3c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75058,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB23E

secondary

#8D92C9

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB23E

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

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