#BCB137#BCB137

#BCB137 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	#BCB137
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -10.08, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 61.34, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0338 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1523, 42.4130, 9.8432)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB137 #3742BC

analogous

#BC6F37 #BCB137 #84BC37

triadic

#BCB137 #37BCB1 #B137BC

tetradic

#BCB137 #37BC6F #3742BC #BC3784

square

#BCB137 #37BC6F #3742BC #BC3784

split-complementary

#BCB137 #3784BC #6F37BC

monochromatic

#5D581B #8D8429 #BCB137 #D0C760 #DED88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB137

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB137	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bcb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb137;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74788,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB137

secondary

#868BC9

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB137

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

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