#BCB237#BCB237

#BCB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB237
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -10.60, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 61.69, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0353 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3506, 42.8094, 9.9093)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB237 #3741BC

analogous

#BC7037 #BCB237 #83BC37

triadic

#BCB237 #37BCB2 #B237BC

tetradic

#BCB237 #37BC70 #3741BC #BC3783

square

#BCB237 #37BC70 #3741BC #BC3783

split-complementary

#BCB237 #3783BC #7037BC

monochromatic

#5D581B #8D8529 #BCB237 #D0C860 #DED88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB237

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB237	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bcb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb237;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB237

secondary

#868BC9

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB237

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

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