#BCB234#BCB234

#BCB234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB234
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -10.75, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 62.79, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.036 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2808, 42.7815, 9.5420)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB234 #343EBC

analogous

#BC6E34 #BCB234 #82BC34

triadic

#BCB234 #34BCB2 #B234BC

tetradic

#BCB234 #34BC6E #343EBC #BC3482

square

#BCB234 #34BC6E #343EBC #BC3482

split-complementary

#BCB234 #3482BC #6E34BC

monochromatic

#5C5719 #8C8527 #BCB234 #D2C95B #DFD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB234

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB234	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c874',
    500: '#bcb234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb234;
$custom-light: #d4c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74982,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB234

secondary

#8388C9

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB234

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

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