#BCB238#BCB238

#BCB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB238
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -10.55, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 61.31, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.035 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3748, 42.8191, 10.0368)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB238 #3842BC

analogous

#BC7038 #BCB238 #84BC38

triadic

#BCB238 #38BCB2 #B238BC

tetradic

#BCB238 #38BC70 #3842BC #BC3884

square

#BCB238 #38BC70 #3842BC #BC3884

split-complementary

#BCB238 #3884BC #7038BC

monochromatic

#5E591C #8D852A #BCB238 #D0C861 #DED890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB238

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB238	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c876',
    500: '#bcb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb238;
$custom-light: #d4c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75011,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB238

secondary

#878CC9

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB238

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

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