#BCB151#BCB151

#BCB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB151
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -8.43, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 50.33, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0262 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.118 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9477, 42.7311, 14.0320)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB151 #515CBC

analogous

#BC7C51 #BCB151 #91BC51

triadic

#BCB151 #51BCB1 #B151BC

tetradic

#BCB151 #51BC7C #515CBC #BC5191

square

#BCB151 #51BC7C #515CBC #BC5191

split-complementary

#BCB151 #5191BC #7C51BC

monochromatic

#6A6329 #968D3A #BCB151 #CDC57D #DED9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB151

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB151	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c885',
    500: '#bcb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb151;
$custom-light: #d3c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7503,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB151

secondary

#9DA2CC

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB151

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

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