#BCB135#BCB135

#BCB135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB135
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -10.18, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 62.08, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0343 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1053, 42.3942, 9.5958)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB135 #3540BC

analogous

#BC6D35 #BCB135 #84BC35

triadic

#BCB135 #35BCB1 #B135BC

tetradic

#BCB135 #35BC6D #3540BC #BC3584

square

#BCB135 #35BC6D #3540BC #BC3584

split-complementary

#BCB135 #3584BC #6D35BC

monochromatic

#5D571A #8C8428 #BCB135 #D1C85D #DFD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB135

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB135	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c875',
    500: '#bcb135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb135;
$custom-light: #d4c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74773,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB135

secondary

#8489C9

accent

#55DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB135

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

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