#BCB437#BCB437

#BCB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB437
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -11.63, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 62.40, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0382 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7514, 43.6111, 10.0429)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB437 #373FBC

analogous

#BC7137 #BCB437 #81BC37

triadic

#BCB437 #37BCB4 #B437BC

tetradic

#BCB437 #37BC71 #373FBC #BC3781

square

#BCB437 #37BC71 #373FBC #BC3781

split-complementary

#BCB437 #3781BC #7137BC

monochromatic

#5D591B #8D8729 #BCB437 #D0CA60 #DEDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB437

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB437	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)

#C4AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca76',
    500: '#bcb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb437;
$custom-light: #d4ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB437

secondary

#868AC9

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB437

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

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