#BCB837#BCB837

#BCB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.145 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB837
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -13.68, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 63.85, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0439 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.145 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5706, 45.2495, 10.3160)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB837 #373BBC

analogous

#BC7537 #BCB837 #7EBC37

triadic

#BCB837 #37BCB8 #B837BC

tetradic

#BCB837 #37BC75 #373BBC #BC377E

square

#BCB837 #37BC75 #373BBC #BC377E

split-complementary

#BCB837 #377EBC #7537BC

monochromatic

#5D5B1B #8D8A29 #BCB837 #D0CD60 #DEDC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB837

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB837	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)

#C7B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.145 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd76',
    500: '#bcb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb837;
$custom-light: #d4cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB837

secondary

#8688C9

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB837

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

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