#BCB339#BCB339

#BCB339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB339
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -11.02, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 61.29, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0362 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5992, 43.2284, 10.2335)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB339 #3942BC

analogous

#BC7139 #BCB339 #83BC39

triadic

#BCB339 #39BCB3 #B339BC

tetradic

#BCB339 #39BC71 #3942BC #BC3983

square

#BCB339 #39BC71 #3942BC #BC3983

split-complementary

#BCB339 #3983BC #7139BC

monochromatic

#5E5A1D #8D862B #BCB339 #D0C863 #DED992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB339

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB339	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c977',
    500: '#bcb339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb339;
$custom-light: #d4c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75234,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB339

secondary

#888CC9

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB339

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

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