#BCB239#BCB239

#BCB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB239
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -10.50, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 60.93, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0348 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3995, 42.8290, 10.1669)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB239 #3943BC

analogous

#BC7039 #BCB239 #84BC39

triadic

#BCB239 #39BCB2 #B239BC

tetradic

#BCB239 #39BC70 #3943BC #BC3984

square

#BCB239 #39BC70 #3943BC #BC3984

split-complementary

#BCB239 #3984BC #7039BC

monochromatic

#5E591D #8D862B #BCB239 #D0C763 #DED892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB239

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB239	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c877',
    500: '#bcb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb239;
$custom-light: #d4c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75018,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB239

secondary

#888DC9

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB239

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

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