#BCB423#BCB423

#BCB423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.152 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB423
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -12.44, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 68.82, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0422 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.152 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3653, 43.4567, 8.0095)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB423 #232BBC

analogous

#BC6723 #BCB423 #77BC23

triadic

#BCB423 #23BCB4 #B423BC

tetradic

#BCB423 #23BC67 #232BBC #BC2377

square

#BCB423 #23BC67 #232BBC #BC2377

split-complementary

#BCB423 #2377BC #6723BC

monochromatic

#555110 #888319 #BCB423 #DCD341 #E5DF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB423

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB423	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.152 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca6d',
    500: '#bcb423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb423;
$custom-light: #d4ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB423

secondary

#6F73CC

accent

#46EB3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB423

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

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