#BCB036#BCB036

#BCB036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB036
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -9.61, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 61.37, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0326 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9318, 42.0099, 9.6527)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB036 #3642BC

analogous

#BC6D36 #BCB036 #85BC36

triadic

#BCB036 #36BCB0 #B036BC

tetradic

#BCB036 #36BC6D #3642BC #BC3685

square

#BCB036 #36BC6D #3642BC #BC3685

split-complementary

#BCB036 #3685BC #6D36BC

monochromatic

#5D571B #8C8328 #BCB036 #D1C75E #DFD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCB036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB036

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB036	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c775',
    500: '#bcb036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb036;
$custom-light: #d4c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74565,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB036

secondary

#858BC9

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB036

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

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