#BCB935#BCB935

#BCB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.147 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB935
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -14.29, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 64.94, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0458 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7321, 45.6476, 10.1381)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB935 #3538BC

analogous

#BC7635 #BCB935 #7BBC35

triadic

#BCB935 #35BCB9 #B935BC

tetradic

#BCB935 #35BC76 #3538BC #BC357B

square

#BCB935 #35BC76 #3538BC #BC357B

split-complementary

#BCB935 #357BBC #7635BC

monochromatic

#5D5B1A #8C8A28 #BCB935 #D1CF5D #DFDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB935

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB935	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)

#C8B21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.147 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd75',
    500: '#bcb935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb935;
$custom-light: #d4cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB935

secondary

#8485C9

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB935

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

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