#BCB24D#BCB24D

#BCB24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB24D
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -9.25, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 52.55, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.029 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0003, 43.0693, 13.3313)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB24D #4D57BC

analogous

#BC7B4D #BCB24D #8EBC4D

triadic

#BCB24D #4DBCB2 #B24DBC

tetradic

#BCB24D #4DBC7B #4D57BC #BC4D8E

square

#BCB24D #4DBC7B #4D57BC #BC4D8E

split-complementary

#BCB24D #4D8EBC #7B4DBC

monochromatic

#686227 #948C38 #BCB24D #CDC579 #DDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BCB24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB24D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB24D	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C0AC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c883',
    500: '#bcb24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb24d;
$custom-light: #d3c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.752,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB24D

secondary

#9A9ECB

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB24D

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

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