#BCB636#BCB636

#BCB636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB636
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -12.71, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 63.48, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0413 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1343, 44.4149, 10.0535)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB636 #363CBC

analogous

#BC7336 #BCB636 #7FBC36

triadic

#BCB636 #36BCB6 #B636BC

tetradic

#BCB636 #36BC73 #363CBC #BC367F

square

#BCB636 #36BC73 #363CBC #BC367F

split-complementary

#BCB636 #367FBC #7336BC

monochromatic

#5D5A1B #8C8828 #BCB636 #D1CC5E #DFDB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCB636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB636

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB636	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb76',
    500: '#bcb636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb636;
$custom-light: #d4cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB636

secondary

#8588C9

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB636

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

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