#BCB635#BCB635

#BCB635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB635
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -12.76, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 63.84, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0415 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1111, 44.4056, 9.9311)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB635 #353BBC

analogous

#BC7235 #BCB635 #7FBC35

triadic

#BCB635 #35BCB6 #B635BC

tetradic

#BCB635 #35BC72 #353BBC #BC357F

square

#BCB635 #35BC72 #353BBC #BC357F

split-complementary

#BCB635 #357FBC #7235BC

monochromatic

#5D5A1A #8C8828 #BCB635 #D1CC5D #DFDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCB635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB635

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB635	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb75',
    500: '#bcb635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb635;
$custom-light: #d4cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB635

secondary

#8487C9

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB635

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

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