#BCB23F#BCB23F

#BCB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB23F
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -10.17, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 58.57, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0332 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5581, 42.8925, 11.0024)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB23F #3F49BC

analogous

#BC743F #BCB23F #88BC3F

triadic

#BCB23F #3FBCB2 #B23FBC

tetradic

#BCB23F #3FBC74 #3F49BC #BC3F88

square

#BCB23F #3FBC74 #3F49BC #BC3F88

split-complementary

#BCB23F #3F88BC #743FBC

monochromatic

#605B20 #8E8730 #BCB23F #CDC56B #DDD799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB23F

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB23F	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)

#C1AC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87a',
    500: '#bcb23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb23f;
$custom-light: #d3c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75066,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB23F

secondary

#8E93C9

accent

#5AD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB23F

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

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