#BCB235#BCB235

#BCB235 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	#BCB235
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -10.70, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 62.43, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0357 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3036, 42.7906, 9.6619)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB235 #353FBC

analogous

#BC6F35 #BCB235 #82BC35

triadic

#BCB235 #35BCB2 #B235BC

tetradic

#BCB235 #35BC6F #353FBC #BC3582

square

#BCB235 #35BC6F #353FBC #BC3582

split-complementary

#BCB235 #3582BC #6F35BC

monochromatic

#5D581A #8C8528 #BCB235 #D1C95D #DFD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB235

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB235	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)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c875',
    500: '#bcb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb235;
$custom-light: #d4c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74989,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB235

secondary

#8489C9

accent

#54DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB235

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

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