#BCB937#BCB937

#BCB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB937
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -14.19, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 64.22, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0454 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7790, 45.6664, 10.3855)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB937 #373ABC

analogous

#BC7737 #BCB937 #7CBC37

triadic

#BCB937 #37BCB9 #B937BC

tetradic

#BCB937 #37BC77 #373ABC #BC377C

square

#BCB937 #37BC77 #373ABC #BC377C

split-complementary

#BCB937 #377CBC #7737BC

monochromatic

#5D5C1B #8D8A29 #BCB937 #D0CE60 #DEDC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB937

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB937	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)

#C8B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd76',
    500: '#bcb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb937;
$custom-light: #d4cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7652,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB937

secondary

#8687C9

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB937

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

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