#BCB038#BCB038

#BCB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB038
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -9.51, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 60.61, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0321 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9797, 42.0290, 9.9051)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB038 #3844BC

analogous

#BC6E38 #BCB038 #86BC38

triadic

#BCB038 #38BCB0 #B038BC

tetradic

#BCB038 #38BC6E #3844BC #BC3886

square

#BCB038 #38BC6E #3844BC #BC3886

split-complementary

#BCB038 #3886BC #6E38BC

monochromatic

#5E581C #8D842A #BCB038 #D0C661 #DED790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB038

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB038	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c776',
    500: '#bcb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb038;
$custom-light: #d4c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7458,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB038

secondary

#878DC9

accent

#58DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB038

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

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