#BCB936#BCB936

#BCB936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; 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#BCB936
RGBrgb(188, 185, 54)
HSLhsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.32, -14.24, 62.99)
CIE-LCHlch(73.32, 64.58, 102.74°)
OKLaboklab(76.51% -0.0456 0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(76.51% 0.147 108.1)
XYZxyz(38.7553, 45.6569, 10.2605)
Luminance0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCB936 #3639BC
analogous
#BC7636 #BCB936 #7CBC36
triadic
#BCB936 #36BCB9 #B936BC
tetradic
#BCB936 #36BC76 #3639BC #BC367C
square
#BCB936 #36BC76 #3639BC #BC367C
split-complementary
#BCB936 #367CBC #7636BC
monochromatic
#5D5B1B #8C8A28 #BCB936 #D1CE5E #DFDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#BCB936 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13
#BCB936 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB936
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCB936#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCB9361.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B21F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB640
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAAD9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcb936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.147 108.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd76',
    500: '#bcb936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcb936;
$custom-light: #d4cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcb936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76513,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCB936
secondary
#8586C9
accent
#4CDF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9ED
border
#D4D2C8
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB936

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#BCB936 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva