#BCB150#BCB150

#BCB150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB150
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -8.51, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 50.79, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0265 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.119 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9104, 42.7162, 13.8360)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB150 #505BBC

analogous

#BC7B50 #BCB150 #91BC50

triadic

#BCB150 #50BCB1 #B150BC

tetradic

#BCB150 #50BC7B #505BBC #BC5091

square

#BCB150 #50BC7B #505BBC #BC5091

split-complementary

#BCB150 #5091BC #7B50BC

monochromatic

#696328 #968C39 #BCB150 #CDC57C #DED8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCB150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB150

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB150	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c884',
    500: '#bcb150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb150;
$custom-light: #d3c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75019,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB150

secondary

#9CA1CB

accent

#61D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB150

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

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