#BCB152#BCB152

#BCB152 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB152
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -8.35, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 49.87, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0259 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.117 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9854, 42.7462, 14.2309)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB152 #525DBC

analogous

#BC7C52 #BCB152 #92BC52

triadic

#BCB152 #52BCB1 #B152BC

tetradic

#BCB152 #52BC7C #525DBC #BC5292

square

#BCB152 #52BC7C #525DBC #BC5292

split-complementary

#BCB152 #5292BC #7C52BC

monochromatic

#6A6429 #978D3A #BCB152 #CDC57E #DED9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCB152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB152

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB152	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)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c886',
    500: '#bcb152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb152;
$custom-light: #d3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB152

secondary

#9EA3CC

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB152

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

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