#BCB739#BCB739

#BCB739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.143 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB739
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -13.07, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 62.75, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.042 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.143 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4125, 44.8550, 10.5046)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB739 #393EBC

analogous

#BC7539 #BCB739 #7FBC39

triadic

#BCB739 #39BCB7 #B739BC

tetradic

#BCB739 #39BC75 #393EBC #BC397F

square

#BCB739 #39BC75 #393EBC #BC397F

split-complementary

#BCB739 #397FBC #7539BC

monochromatic

#5E5C1D #8D892B #BCB739 #D0CB63 #DEDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB739

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB739	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)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.143 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cc77',
    500: '#bcb739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb739;
$custom-light: #d4cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB739

secondary

#888AC9

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB739

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

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