#BCB738#BCB738

#BCB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB738
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -13.12, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 63.12, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0423 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3878, 44.8452, 10.3745)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB738 #383DBC

analogous

#BC7538 #BCB738 #7FBC38

triadic

#BCB738 #38BCB7 #B738BC

tetradic

#BCB738 #38BC75 #383DBC #BC387F

square

#BCB738 #38BC75 #383DBC #BC387F

split-complementary

#BCB738 #387FBC #7538BC

monochromatic

#5E5B1C #8D892A #BCB738 #D0CC61 #DEDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB738

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB738	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc77',
    500: '#bcb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb738;
$custom-light: #d4cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB738

secondary

#8789C9

accent

#50DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB738

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

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