#BCB735#BCB735

#BCB735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.145 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB735
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -13.27, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 64.21, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.043 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.145 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3166, 44.8167, 9.9996)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB735 #353ABC

analogous

#BC7435 #BCB735 #7DBC35

triadic

#BCB735 #35BCB7 #B735BC

tetradic

#BCB735 #35BC74 #353ABC #BC357D

square

#BCB735 #35BC74 #353ABC #BC357D

split-complementary

#BCB735 #357DBC #7435BC

monochromatic

#5D5A1A #8C8928 #BCB735 #D1CD5D #DFDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB735

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB735	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)

#C6B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc75',
    500: '#bcb735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb735;
$custom-light: #d4cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB735

secondary

#8486C9

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB735

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

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