#BCB523#BCB523

#BCB523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.153 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB523
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -12.96, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 69.15, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0436 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.153 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5679, 43.8619, 8.0771)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB523 #232ABC

analogous

#BC6823 #BCB523 #76BC23

triadic

#BCB523 #23BCB5 #B523BC

tetradic

#BCB523 #23BC68 #232ABC #BC2376

square

#BCB523 #23BC68 #232ABC #BC2376

split-complementary

#BCB523 #2376BC #6823BC

monochromatic

#555210 #888319 #BCB523 #DCD441 #E5E074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB523

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB523	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.153 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca6d',
    500: '#bcb523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb523;
$custom-light: #d4ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.15293,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB523

secondary

#6F73CC

accent

#44EB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB523

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

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