#BCB732#BCB732

#BCB732 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.147 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB732
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -13.41, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 65.25, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0436 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.147 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2498, 44.7900, 9.6475)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB732 #3237BC

analogous

#BC7232 #BCB732 #7CBC32

triadic

#BCB732 #32BCB7 #B732BC

tetradic

#BCB732 #32BC72 #3237BC #BC327C

square

#BCB732 #32BC72 #3237BC #BC327C

split-complementary

#BCB732 #327CBC #7232BC

monochromatic

#5B5918 #8C8825 #BCB732 #D3CE58 #E0DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB732

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB732	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc74',
    500: '#bcb732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb732;
$custom-light: #d4cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB732

secondary

#8083C9

accent

#4CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB732

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

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