#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
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -14.24, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 64.58, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0456 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7553, 45.6569, 10.2605)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCB936	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)

#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

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

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