#BCB24B#BCB24B

#BCB24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB24B
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -9.39, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 53.44, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0296 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9308, 43.0415, 12.9651)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB24B #4B55BC

analogous

#BC7A4B #BCB24B #8EBC4B

triadic

#BCB24B #4BBCB2 #B24BBC

tetradic

#BCB24B #4BBC7A #4B55BC #BC4B8E

square

#BCB24B #4BBC7A #4B55BC #BC4B8E

split-complementary

#BCB24B #4B8EBC #7A4BBC

monochromatic

#666126 #938B37 #BCB24B #CDC578 #DDD8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BCB24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB24B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB24B	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c881',
    500: '#bcb24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb24b;
$custom-light: #d3c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB24B

secondary

#999DCA

accent

#5ED552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB24B

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

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