#BCB435#BCB435

#BCB435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB435
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -11.73, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 63.13, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0386 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7044, 43.5923, 9.7955)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB435 #353DBC

analogous

#BC7035 #BCB435 #81BC35

triadic

#BCB435 #35BCB4 #B435BC

tetradic

#BCB435 #35BC70 #353DBC #BC3581

square

#BCB435 #35BC70 #353DBC #BC3581

split-complementary

#BCB435 #3581BC #7035BC

monochromatic

#5D591A #8C8628 #BCB435 #D1CA5D #DFDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB435

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB435	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca75',
    500: '#bcb435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb435;
$custom-light: #d4ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75421,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB435

secondary

#8488C9

accent

#51DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB435

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

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