#BCB24C#BCB24C

#BCB24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB24C
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -9.32, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 53.00, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0293 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9653, 43.0553, 13.1467)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB24C #4C56BC

analogous

#BC7A4C #BCB24C #8EBC4C

triadic

#BCB24C #4CBCB2 #B24CBC

tetradic

#BCB24C #4CBC7A #4C56BC #BC4C8E

square

#BCB24C #4CBC7A #4C56BC #BC4C8E

split-complementary

#BCB24C #4C8EBC #7A4CBC

monochromatic

#676127 #948B37 #BCB24C #CDC579 #DDD8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BCB24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB24C

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB24C	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)

#C1AC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c882',
    500: '#bcb24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb24c;
$custom-light: #d3c882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7519,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB24C

secondary

#999ECA

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB24C

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

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