#BCB136#BCB136

#BCB136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB136
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -10.13, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 61.71, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.034 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1286, 42.4035, 9.7183)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB136 #3641BC

analogous

#BC6E36 #BCB136 #84BC36

triadic

#BCB136 #36BCB1 #B136BC

tetradic

#BCB136 #36BC6E #3641BC #BC3684

square

#BCB136 #36BC6E #3641BC #BC3684

split-complementary

#BCB136 #3684BC #6E36BC

monochromatic

#5D571B #8C8428 #BCB136 #D1C75E #DFD88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB136

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB136	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c875',
    500: '#bcb136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb136;
$custom-light: #d4c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB136

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB136

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

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