#BCB623#BCB623

#BCB623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.154 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB623
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -13.47, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 69.48, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0451 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.154 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.7720, 44.2700, 8.1451)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB623 #2329BC

analogous

#BC6923 #BCB623 #75BC23

triadic

#BCB623 #23BCB6 #B623BC

tetradic

#BCB623 #23BC69 #2329BC #BC2375

square

#BCB623 #23BC69 #2329BC #BC2375

split-complementary

#BCB623 #2375BC #6923BC

monochromatic

#555210 #888419 #BCB623 #DCD541 #E5E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB623

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB623	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.154 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb6d',
    500: '#bcb623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb623;
$custom-light: #d4cb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.44269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB623

secondary

#6F72CC

accent

#43EB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB623

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

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