#BCB835#BCB835

#BCB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB835
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -13.78, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 64.57, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0444 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5236, 45.2307, 10.0686)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB835 #3539BC

analogous

#BC7435 #BCB835 #7DBC35

triadic

#BCB835 #35BCB8 #B835BC

tetradic

#BCB835 #35BC74 #3539BC #BC357D

square

#BCB835 #35BC74 #3539BC #BC357D

split-complementary

#BCB835 #357DBC #7435BC

monochromatic

#5D5B1A #8C8928 #BCB835 #D1CE5D #DFDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB835

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB835	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd75',
    500: '#bcb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb835;
$custom-light: #d4cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76288,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB835

secondary

#8486C9

accent

#4DDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB835

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

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