#BCB538#BCB538

#BCB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB538
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -12.10, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 62.39, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0394 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.142 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9782, 44.0260, 10.2380)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB538 #383FBC

analogous

#BC7338 #BCB538 #81BC38

triadic

#BCB538 #38BCB5 #B538BC

tetradic

#BCB538 #38BC73 #383FBC #BC3881

square

#BCB538 #38BC73 #383FBC #BC3881

split-complementary

#BCB538 #3881BC #7338BC

monochromatic

#5E5A1C #8D882A #BCB538 #D0CA61 #DEDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB538

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB538	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca77',
    500: '#bcb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb538;
$custom-light: #d4ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB538

secondary

#878AC9

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB538

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

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