#BCB333#BCB333

#BCB333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB333
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -11.31, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 63.50, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0377 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4582, 43.1720, 9.4912)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB333 #333CBC

analogous

#BC6E33 #BCB333 #81BC33

triadic

#BCB333 #33BCB3 #B333BC

tetradic

#BCB333 #33BC6E #333CBC #BC3381

square

#BCB333 #33BC6E #333CBC #BC3381

split-complementary

#BCB333 #3381BC #6E33BC

monochromatic

#5C5719 #8C8526 #BCB333 #D2CA5A #DFDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCB333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB333

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB333	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c974',
    500: '#bcb333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb333;
$custom-light: #d4c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB333

secondary

#8186C9

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB333

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

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