#BCB525#BCB525

#BCB525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.152 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB525
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -12.89, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 68.61, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0433 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.152 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5985, 43.8741, 8.2379)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB525 #252CBC

analogous

#BC6A25 #BCB525 #77BC25

triadic

#BCB525 #25BCB5 #B525BC

tetradic

#BCB525 #25BC6A #252CBC #BC2577

square

#BCB525 #25BC6A #252CBC #BC2577

split-complementary

#BCB525 #2577BC #6A25BC

monochromatic

#565311 #89841B #BCB525 #DAD344 #E4DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB525

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB525	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)

#C8B332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.152 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca6e',
    500: '#bcb525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb525;
$custom-light: #d4ca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB525

secondary

#7175CC

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB525

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

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