#BCB832#BCB832

#BCB832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.148 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB832
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -13.92, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 65.61, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0451 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.148 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4567, 45.2039, 9.7165)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB832 #3236BC

analogous

#BC7332 #BCB832 #7BBC32

triadic

#BCB832 #32BCB8 #B832BC

tetradic

#BCB832 #32BC73 #3236BC #BC327B

square

#BCB832 #32BC73 #3236BC #BC327B

split-complementary

#BCB832 #327BBC #7332BC

monochromatic

#5B5918 #8C8925 #BCB832 #D3CF58 #E0DD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BCB832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB832

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB832	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.148 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd74',
    500: '#bcb832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb832;
$custom-light: #d4cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76269,
    "c": 0.14823,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB832

secondary

#8082C9

accent

#4BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB832

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

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