#BCB325#BCB325

#BCB325 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.150 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCB325
RGBrgb(188, 179, 37)
HSLhsl(56, 67%, 44%)
HSVhsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.8%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.60, -11.87, 66.91)
CIE-LCHlch(71.60, 67.95, 100.06°)
OKLaboklab(75.11% -0.0404 0.1448)
OKLCHoklch(75.11% 0.15 105.6)
XYZxyz(37.1947, 43.0666, 8.1034)
Luminance0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCB325 #252EBC
analogous
#BC6825 #BCB325 #7ABC25
triadic
#BCB325 #25BCB3 #B325BC
tetradic
#BCB325 #25BC68 #252EBC #BC257A
square
#BCB325 #25BC68 #252EBC #BC257A
split-complementary
#BCB325 #257ABC #6825BC
monochromatic
#565211 #89821B #BCB325 #DAD144 #E4DE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#BCB325 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61
#BCB325 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB325
9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCB325#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCB3251.002.189.619.61
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6121.001.001.00
##0000009.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3AC00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B232
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAA699
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcb325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.150 105.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c96d',
    500: '#bcb325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcb325;
$custom-light: #d4c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcb325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCB325
secondary
#7176CC
accent
#48EA3E
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151308
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB325

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#BCB325 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva