#BCB539#BCB539

#BCB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.141 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB539
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -12.05, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 62.01, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0391 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.141 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0029, 44.0359, 10.3681)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB539 #3940BC

analogous

#BC7339 #BCB539 #81BC39

triadic

#BCB539 #39BCB5 #B539BC

tetradic

#BCB539 #39BC73 #3940BC #BC3981

square

#BCB539 #39BC73 #3940BC #BC3981

split-complementary

#BCB539 #3981BC #7339BC

monochromatic

#5E5B1D #8D882B #BCB539 #D0CA63 #DEDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB539

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB539	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.141 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca77',
    500: '#bcb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb539;
$custom-light: #d4ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75666,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB539

secondary

#888BC9

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB539

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

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