#BCB938#BCB938

#BCB938 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 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB938
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -14.14, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 63.86, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0451 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8032, 45.6761, 10.5130)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB938 #383BBC

analogous

#BC7738 #BCB938 #7DBC38

triadic

#BCB938 #38BCB9 #B938BC

tetradic

#BCB938 #38BC77 #383BBC #BC387D

square

#BCB938 #38BC77 #383BBC #BC387D

split-complementary

#BCB938 #387DBC #7738BC

monochromatic

#5E5C1C #8D8B2A #BCB938 #D0CD61 #DEDC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BCB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB938

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB938	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd77',
    500: '#bcb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb938;
$custom-light: #d4cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76527,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB938

secondary

#8788C9

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB938

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

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