#BCB438#BCB438

#BCB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB438
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -11.58, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 62.03, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0379 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7756, 43.6208, 10.1704)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB438 #3840BC

analogous

#BC7238 #BCB438 #82BC38

triadic

#BCB438 #38BCB4 #B438BC

tetradic

#BCB438 #38BC72 #3840BC #BC3882

square

#BCB438 #38BC72 #3840BC #BC3882

split-complementary

#BCB438 #3882BC #7238BC

monochromatic

#5E5A1C #8D872A #BCB438 #D0C961 #DED990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB438

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB438	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)

#C4AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca76',
    500: '#bcb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb438;
$custom-light: #d4ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB438

secondary

#878BC9

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB438

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

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