#BCB236#BCB236

#BCB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB236
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -10.65, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 62.06, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0355 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3268, 42.7999, 9.7843)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB236 #3640BC

analogous

#BC6F36 #BCB236 #83BC36

triadic

#BCB236 #36BCB2 #B236BC

tetradic

#BCB236 #36BC6F #3640BC #BC3683

square

#BCB236 #36BC6F #3640BC #BC3683

split-complementary

#BCB236 #3683BC #6F36BC

monochromatic

#5D581B #8C8528 #BCB236 #D1C85E #DFD88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB236

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB236	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)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c875',
    500: '#bcb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb236;
$custom-light: #d4c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB236

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB236

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

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