#BCB838#BCB838

#BCB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; 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	#BCB838
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -13.63, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 63.49, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0437 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.145 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5948, 45.2591, 10.4435)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB838 #383CBC

analogous

#BC7638 #BCB838 #7EBC38

triadic

#BCB838 #38BCB8 #B838BC

tetradic

#BCB838 #38BC76 #383CBC #BC387E

square

#BCB838 #38BC76 #383CBC #BC387E

split-complementary

#BCB838 #387EBC #7638BC

monochromatic

#5E5C1C #8D8A2A #BCB838 #D0CD61 #DEDC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB838

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB838	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)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.145 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd77',
    500: '#bcb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb838;
$custom-light: #d4cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB838

secondary

#8789C9

accent

#4FDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB838

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

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