#BCB533#BCB533

#BCB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB533
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -12.34, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 64.20, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0406 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.145 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8620, 43.9795, 9.6258)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB533 #333ABC

analogous

#BC7033 #BCB533 #7FBC33

triadic

#BCB533 #33BCB5 #B533BC

tetradic

#BCB533 #33BC70 #333ABC #BC337F

square

#BCB533 #33BC70 #333ABC #BC337F

split-complementary

#BCB533 #337FBC #7033BC

monochromatic

#5C5819 #8C8726 #BCB533 #D2CC5A #DFDB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB533

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB533	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca74',
    500: '#bcb533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb533;
$custom-light: #d4ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB533

secondary

#8185C9

accent

#4FE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB533

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

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