#BCB839#BCB839

#BCB839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.144 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB839
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -13.58, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 63.12, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0435 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6195, 45.2690, 10.5736)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB839 #393DBC

analogous

#BC7639 #BCB839 #7EBC39

triadic

#BCB839 #39BCB8 #B839BC

tetradic

#BCB839 #39BC76 #393DBC #BC397E

square

#BCB839 #39BC76 #393DBC #BC397E

split-complementary

#BCB839 #397EBC #7639BC

monochromatic

#5E5C1D #8D8A2B #BCB839 #D0CC63 #DEDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCB839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB839

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB839	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)

#C7B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd77',
    500: '#bcb839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb839;
$custom-light: #d4cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB839

secondary

#888AC9

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB839

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

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