#BCB534#BCB534

#BCB534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB534
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -12.29, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 63.84, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0403 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8843, 43.9884, 9.7432)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB534 #343BBC

analogous

#BC7134 #BCB534 #7FBC34

triadic

#BCB534 #34BCB5 #B534BC

tetradic

#BCB534 #34BC71 #343BBC #BC347F

square

#BCB534 #34BC71 #343BBC #BC347F

split-complementary

#BCB534 #347FBC #7134BC

monochromatic

#5C5919 #8C8727 #BCB534 #D2CC5B #DFDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB534

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB534	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)

#C5AE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca75',
    500: '#bcb534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb534;
$custom-light: #d4ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75631,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB534

secondary

#8386C9

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB534

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

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