#BCB923#BCB923

#BCB923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB923
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -14.99, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 70.48, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0493 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3929, 45.5119, 8.3521)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB923 #2326BC

analogous

#BC6C23 #BCB923 #72BC23

triadic

#BCB923 #23BCB9 #B923BC

tetradic

#BCB923 #23BC6C #2326BC #BC2372

square

#BCB923 #23BC6C #2326BC #BC2372

split-complementary

#BCB923 #2372BC #6C23BC

monochromatic

#555310 #888619 #BCB923 #DCD941 #E5E374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BCB923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB923

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB923	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd6d',
    500: '#bcb923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb923;
$custom-light: #d4cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB923

secondary

#6F70CC

accent

#40EB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB923

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

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