#BCB439#BCB439

#BCB439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB439
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -11.53, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 61.65, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0377 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8003, 43.6307, 10.3005)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB439 #3941BC

analogous

#BC7239 #BCB439 #82BC39

triadic

#BCB439 #39BCB4 #B439BC

tetradic

#BCB439 #39BC72 #3941BC #BC3982

square

#BCB439 #39BC72 #3941BC #BC3982

split-complementary

#BCB439 #3982BC #7239BC

monochromatic

#5E5A1D #8D872B #BCB439 #D0C963 #DED992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB439

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB439	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca77',
    500: '#bcb439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb439;
$custom-light: #d4ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7545,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB439

secondary

#888CC9

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB439

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

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