#BCB039#BCB039

#BCB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB039
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -9.46, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 60.23, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0318 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0044, 42.0389, 10.0352)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB039 #3945BC

analogous

#BC6E39 #BCB039 #86BC39

triadic

#BCB039 #39BCB0 #B039BC

tetradic

#BCB039 #39BC6E #3945BC #BC3986

square

#BCB039 #39BC6E #3945BC #BC3986

split-complementary

#BCB039 #3986BC #6E39BC

monochromatic

#5E581D #8D842B #BCB039 #D0C663 #DED792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB039

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB039	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c777',
    500: '#bcb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb039;
$custom-light: #d4c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB039

secondary

#888EC9

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB039

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

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