#BCB037#BCB037

#BCB037 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	#BCB037
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -9.57, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 60.99, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0323 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9555, 42.0194, 9.7776)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB037 #3743BC

analogous

#BC6D37 #BCB037 #86BC37

triadic

#BCB037 #37BCB0 #B037BC

tetradic

#BCB037 #37BC6D #3743BC #BC3786

square

#BCB037 #37BC6D #3743BC #BC3786

split-complementary

#BCB037 #3786BC #6D37BC

monochromatic

#5D571B #8D8429 #BCB037 #D0C660 #DED78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB037

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB037	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)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c776',
    500: '#bcb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb037;
$custom-light: #d4c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB037

secondary

#868CC9

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB037

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

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