#BCB823#BCB823

#BCB823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.156 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB823
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -14.49, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 70.14, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0479 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.156 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1845, 45.0950, 8.2826)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB823 #2327BC

analogous

#BC6B23 #BCB823 #73BC23

triadic

#BCB823 #23BCB8 #B823BC

tetradic

#BCB823 #23BC6B #2327BC #BC2373

square

#BCB823 #23BC6B #2327BC #BC2373

split-complementary

#BCB823 #2373BC #6B23BC

monochromatic

#555310 #888619 #BCB823 #DCD841 #E5E274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB823

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB823	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.156 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd6d',
    500: '#bcb823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb823;
$custom-light: #d4cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB823

secondary

#6F71CC

accent

#41EB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB823

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

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