#BCB736#BCB736

#BCB736 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	#BCB736
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -13.22, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 63.85, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0427 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.145 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3399, 44.8260, 10.1220)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB736 #363BBC

analogous

#BC7436 #BCB736 #7EBC36

triadic

#BCB736 #36BCB7 #B736BC

tetradic

#BCB736 #36BC74 #363BBC #BC367E

square

#BCB736 #36BC74 #363BBC #BC367E

split-complementary

#BCB736 #367EBC #7436BC

monochromatic

#5D5A1B #8C8928 #BCB736 #D1CD5E #DFDC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB736

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB736	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)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc76',
    500: '#bcb736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb736;
$custom-light: #d4cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB736

secondary

#8587C9

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB736

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

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