#BCB537#BCB537

#BCB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB537
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -12.15, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 62.76, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0396 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9540, 44.0163, 10.1104)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB537 #373EBC

analogous

#BC7237 #BCB537 #81BC37

triadic

#BCB537 #37BCB5 #B537BC

tetradic

#BCB537 #37BC72 #373EBC #BC3781

square

#BCB537 #37BC72 #373EBC #BC3781

split-complementary

#BCB537 #3781BC #7237BC

monochromatic

#5D5A1B #8D8729 #BCB537 #D0CA60 #DEDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB537

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB537	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca76',
    500: '#bcb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb537;
$custom-light: #d4ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75651,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB537

secondary

#8689C9

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB537

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

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