#BCB932#BCB932

#BCB932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB932
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -14.43, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 65.97, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0465 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6652, 45.6208, 9.7860)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB932 #3235BC

analogous

#BC7432 #BCB932 #7ABC32

triadic

#BCB932 #32BCB9 #B932BC

tetradic

#BCB932 #32BC74 #3235BC #BC327A

square

#BCB932 #32BC74 #3235BC #BC327A

split-complementary

#BCB932 #327ABC #7432BC

monochromatic

#5B5A18 #8C8925 #BCB932 #D3D058 #E0DE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BCB932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB932

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB932	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd74',
    500: '#bcb932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb932;
$custom-light: #d4cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76487,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB932

secondary

#8082C9

accent

#4AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB932

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

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