#BCB24E#BCB24E

#BCB24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.122 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB24E
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -9.18, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 52.09, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0287 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.122 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0359, 43.0836, 13.5186)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB24E #4E58BC

analogous

#BC7B4E #BCB24E #8FBC4E

triadic

#BCB24E #4EBCB2 #B24EBC

tetradic

#BCB24E #4EBC7B #4E58BC #BC4E8F

square

#BCB24E #4EBC7B #4E58BC #BC4E8F

split-complementary

#BCB24E #4E8FBC #7B4EBC

monochromatic

#686227 #958C38 #BCB24E #CDC57A #DED9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCB24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB24E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB24E	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.122 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c883',
    500: '#bcb24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb24e;
$custom-light: #d3c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB24E

secondary

#9B9FCB

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB24E

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

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