#BCB939#BCB939

#BCB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.145 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB939
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -14.09, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 63.49, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0449 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.145 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.8279, 45.6859, 10.6431)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB939 #393CBC

analogous

#BC7739 #BCB939 #7DBC39

triadic

#BCB939 #39BCB9 #B939BC

tetradic

#BCB939 #39BC77 #393CBC #BC397D

square

#BCB939 #39BC77 #393CBC #BC397D

split-complementary

#BCB939 #397DBC #7739BC

monochromatic

#5E5D1D #8D8B2B #BCB939 #D0CD63 #DEDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BCB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB939

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB939	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)

#C8B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.145 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd78',
    500: '#bcb939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb939;
$custom-light: #d4cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76534,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB939

secondary

#8889C9

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB939

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

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