#BCB337#BCB337

#BCB337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB337
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -11.12, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 62.04, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0367 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5502, 43.2088, 9.9759)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB337 #3740BC

analogous

#BC7137 #BCB337 #82BC37

triadic

#BCB337 #37BCB3 #B337BC

tetradic

#BCB337 #37BC71 #3740BC #BC3782

square

#BCB337 #37BC71 #3740BC #BC3782

split-complementary

#BCB337 #3782BC #7137BC

monochromatic

#5D591B #8D8629 #BCB337 #D0C960 #DED98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB337

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB337	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)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c976',
    500: '#bcb337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb337;
$custom-light: #d4c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB337

secondary

#868AC9

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB337

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

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