#BCB050#BCB050

#BCB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB050
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -7.99, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 50.41, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.025 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7136, 42.3226, 13.7704)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB050 #505CBC

analogous

#BC7A50 #BCB050 #92BC50

triadic

#BCB050 #50BCB0 #B050BC

tetradic

#BCB050 #50BC7A #505CBC #BC5092

square

#BCB050 #50BC7A #505CBC #BC5092

split-complementary

#BCB050 #5092BC #7A50BC

monochromatic

#696228 #968B39 #BCB050 #CDC47C #DED8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB050

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB050	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c784',
    500: '#bcb050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb050;
$custom-light: #d3c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB050

secondary

#9CA2CB

accent

#62D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB050

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

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