#BCB034#BCB034

#BCB034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB034
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -9.71, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 62.11, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0331 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8858, 41.9915, 9.4104)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB034 #3440BC

analogous

#BC6C34 #BCB034 #84BC34

triadic

#BCB034 #34BCB0 #B034BC

tetradic

#BCB034 #34BC6C #3440BC #BC3484

square

#BCB034 #34BC6C #3440BC #BC3484

split-complementary

#BCB034 #3484BC #6C34BC

monochromatic

#5C5619 #8C8327 #BCB034 #D2C75B #DFD88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCB034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB034

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB034	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c774',
    500: '#bcb034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb034;
$custom-light: #d4c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB034

secondary

#8389C9

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB034

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

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