#BCB833#BCB833

#BCB833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.148 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB833
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -13.88, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 65.27, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0449 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.148 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4786, 45.2127, 9.8313)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB833 #3337BC

analogous

#BC7433 #BCB833 #7CBC33

triadic

#BCB833 #33BCB8 #B833BC

tetradic

#BCB833 #33BC74 #3337BC #BC337C

square

#BCB833 #33BC74 #3337BC #BC337C

split-complementary

#BCB833 #337CBC #7433BC

monochromatic

#5C5A19 #8C8926 #BCB833 #D2CF5A #DFDD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BCB833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB833

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB833	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.148 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd74',
    500: '#bcb833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb833;
$custom-light: #d4cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB833

secondary

#8184C9

accent

#4CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB833

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

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