#BCB433#BCB433

#BCB433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB433
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -11.83, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 63.84, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0391 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.144 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6594, 43.5743, 9.5583)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB433 #333BBC

analogous

#BC6F33 #BCB433 #80BC33

triadic

#BCB433 #33BCB4 #B433BC

tetradic

#BCB433 #33BC6F #333BBC #BC3380

square

#BCB433 #33BC6F #333BBC #BC3380

split-complementary

#BCB433 #3380BC #6F33BC

monochromatic

#5C5819 #8C8626 #BCB433 #D2CB5A #DFDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCB433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB433

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB433	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca74',
    500: '#bcb433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb433;
$custom-light: #d4ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB433

secondary

#8186C9

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB433

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

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