#BCB139#BCB139

#BCB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB139
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -9.98, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 60.58, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0333 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.2012, 42.4325, 10.1008)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB139 #3944BC

analogous

#BC6F39 #BCB139 #85BC39

triadic

#BCB139 #39BCB1 #B139BC

tetradic

#BCB139 #39BC6F #3944BC #BC3985

square

#BCB139 #39BC6F #3944BC #BC3985

split-complementary

#BCB139 #3985BC #6F39BC

monochromatic

#5E591D #8D852B #BCB139 #D0C663 #DED792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB139

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB139	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bcb139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb139;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB139

secondary

#888DC9

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB139

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

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