#BCB825#BCB825

#BCB825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.155 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB825
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -14.42, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 69.61, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0476 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.155 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2150, 45.1072, 8.4435)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB825 #2529BC

analogous

#BC6D25 #BCB825 #74BC25

triadic

#BCB825 #25BCB8 #B825BC

tetradic

#BCB825 #25BC6D #2529BC #BC2574

square

#BCB825 #25BC6D #2529BC #BC2574

split-complementary

#BCB825 #2574BC #6D25BC

monochromatic

#565411 #89861B #BCB825 #DAD644 #E4E177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB825

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB825	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)

#CAB533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.155 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd6e',
    500: '#bcb825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb825;
$custom-light: #d4cd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB825

secondary

#7173CC

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB825

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

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