#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
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -11.87, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 67.95, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0404 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.15 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1947, 43.0666, 8.1034)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCB325	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)

#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

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

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