#BCB934#BCB934

#BCB934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB934
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -14.34, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 65.29, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0461 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7093, 45.6385, 10.0182)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB934 #3437BC

analogous

#BC7534 #BCB934 #7BBC34

triadic

#BCB934 #34BCB9 #B934BC

tetradic

#BCB934 #34BC75 #3437BC #BC347B

square

#BCB934 #34BC75 #3437BC #BC347B

split-complementary

#BCB934 #347BBC #7534BC

monochromatic

#5C5B19 #8C8A27 #BCB934 #D2CF5B #DFDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB934

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB934	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd75',
    500: '#bcb934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb934;
$custom-light: #d4cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB934

secondary

#8384C9

accent

#4BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB934

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

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