#BCB335#BCB335

#BCB335 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	#BCB335
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -11.22, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 62.78, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0372 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5033, 43.1900, 9.7285)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB335 #353EBC

analogous

#BC7035 #BCB335 #82BC35

triadic

#BCB335 #35BCB3 #B335BC

tetradic

#BCB335 #35BC70 #353EBC #BC3582

square

#BCB335 #35BC70 #353EBC #BC3582

split-complementary

#BCB335 #3582BC #7035BC

monochromatic

#5D581A #8C8628 #BCB335 #D1CA5D #DFD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB335

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB335	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)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c975',
    500: '#bcb335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb335;
$custom-light: #d4c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB335

secondary

#8488C9

accent

#53DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB335

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

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