#BCB336#BCB336

#BCB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB336
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -11.17, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 62.41, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.037 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5265, 43.1993, 9.8509)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB336 #363FBC

analogous

#BC7036 #BCB336 #82BC36

triadic

#BCB336 #36BCB3 #B336BC

tetradic

#BCB336 #36BC70 #363FBC #BC3682

square

#BCB336 #36BC70 #363FBC #BC3682

split-complementary

#BCB336 #3682BC #7036BC

monochromatic

#5D581B #8C8628 #BCB336 #D1C95E #DFD98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB336

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB336	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)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c975',
    500: '#bcb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb336;
$custom-light: #d4c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB336

secondary

#8589C9

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB336

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

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