#BCB338#BCB338

#BCB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB338
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -11.07, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 61.67, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0365 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.14 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5745, 43.2185, 10.1034)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB338 #3841BC

analogous

#BC7138 #BCB338 #83BC38

triadic

#BCB338 #38BCB3 #B338BC

tetradic

#BCB338 #38BC71 #3841BC #BC3883

square

#BCB338 #38BC71 #3841BC #BC3883

split-complementary

#BCB338 #3883BC #7138BC

monochromatic

#5E591C #8D862A #BCB338 #D0C861 #DED990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB338

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB338	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c976',
    500: '#bcb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb338;
$custom-light: #d4c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75226,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB338

secondary

#878BC9

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB338

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

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