#BCB132#BCB132

#BCB132 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB132
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -10.32, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 63.16, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.035 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.142 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0385, 42.3674, 9.2437)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB132 #323DBC

analogous

#BC6C32 #BCB132 #82BC32

triadic

#BCB132 #32BCB1 #B132BC

tetradic

#BCB132 #32BC6C #323DBC #BC3282

square

#BCB132 #32BC6C #323DBC #BC3282

split-complementary

#BCB132 #3282BC #6C32BC

monochromatic

#5B5618 #8C8325 #BCB132 #D3C958 #E0D989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB132 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCB132 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB132

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB132	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB132	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb132;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c873',
    500: '#bcb132',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb132;
$custom-light: #d4c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb132",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB132

secondary

#8086C9

accent

#53E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB132

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

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