#BCB052#BCB052

#BCB052 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB052
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -7.83, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 49.48, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0244 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7886, 42.3526, 14.1653)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB052 #525EBC

analogous

#BC7B52 #BCB052 #93BC52

triadic

#BCB052 #52BCB0 #B052BC

tetradic

#BCB052 #52BC7B #525EBC #BC5293

square

#BCB052 #52BC7B #525EBC #BC5293

split-complementary

#BCB052 #5293BC #7B52BC

monochromatic

#6A6329 #978C3A #BCB052 #CDC47E #DED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCB052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB052

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB052	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c786',
    500: '#bcb052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb052;
$custom-light: #d3c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74828,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB052

secondary

#9EA3CC

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB052

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

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