#BCB153#BCB153

#BCB153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB153
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -8.27, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 49.40, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0255 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.116 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0238, 42.7615, 14.4328)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB153 #535EBC

analogous

#BC7C53 #BCB153 #92BC53

triadic

#BCB153 #53BCB1 #B153BC

tetradic

#BCB153 #53BC7C #535EBC #BC5392

square

#BCB153 #53BC7C #535EBC #BC5392

split-complementary

#BCB153 #5392BC #7C53BC

monochromatic

#6B642A #978D3B #BCB153 #CDC57F #DED9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCB153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB153

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB153	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)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c886',
    500: '#bcb153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb153;
$custom-light: #d2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75053,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB153

secondary

#9FA4CC

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB153

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

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