#BCB535#BCB535

#BCB535 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	#BCB535
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -12.25, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 63.49, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0401 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9070, 43.9975, 9.8631)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB535 #353CBC

analogous

#BC7235 #BCB535 #80BC35

triadic

#BCB535 #35BCB5 #B535BC

tetradic

#BCB535 #35BC72 #353CBC #BC3580

square

#BCB535 #35BC72 #353CBC #BC3580

split-complementary

#BCB535 #3580BC #7235BC

monochromatic

#5D591A #8C8728 #BCB535 #D1CB5D #DFDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB535

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB535	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)

#C5AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca75',
    500: '#bcb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb535;
$custom-light: #d4ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75637,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB535

secondary

#8487C9

accent

#50DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB535

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

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