#BCB138#BCB138

#BCB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB138
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -10.03, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 60.96, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0336 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1765, 42.4226, 9.9707)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB138 #3843BC

analogous

#BC6F38 #BCB138 #85BC38

triadic

#BCB138 #38BCB1 #B138BC

tetradic

#BCB138 #38BC6F #3843BC #BC3885

square

#BCB138 #38BC6F #3843BC #BC3885

split-complementary

#BCB138 #3885BC #6F38BC

monochromatic

#5E581C #8D852A #BCB138 #D0C761 #DED890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB138

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB138	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bcb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb138;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB138

secondary

#878CC9

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB138

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

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