#BCB334#BCB334

#BCB334 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB334
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -11.26, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 63.14, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0374 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4805, 43.1809, 9.6086)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB334 #343DBC

analogous

#BC6F34 #BCB334 #81BC34

triadic

#BCB334 #34BCB3 #B334BC

tetradic

#BCB334 #34BC6F #343DBC #BC3481

square

#BCB334 #34BC6F #343DBC #BC3481

split-complementary

#BCB334 #3481BC #6F34BC

monochromatic

#5C5819 #8C8527 #BCB334 #D2CA5B #DFD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB334 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB334

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB334	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c974',
    500: '#bcb334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb334;
$custom-light: #d4c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75198,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB334

secondary

#8387C9

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB334

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

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