#BCB638#BCB638

#BCB638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB638
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -12.61, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 62.75, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0408 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1823, 44.4341, 10.3060)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB638 #383EBC

analogous

#BC7438 #BCB638 #80BC38

triadic

#BCB638 #38BCB6 #B638BC

tetradic

#BCB638 #38BC74 #383EBC #BC3880

square

#BCB638 #38BC74 #383EBC #BC3880

split-complementary

#BCB638 #3880BC #7438BC

monochromatic

#5E5B1C #8D882A #BCB638 #D0CB61 #DEDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB638

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB638	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb77',
    500: '#bcb638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb638;
$custom-light: #d4cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75875,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB638

secondary

#878AC9

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB638

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

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