#BCB154#BCB154

#BCB154 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB154
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 84)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -8.19, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 48.93, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0252 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.115 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0626, 42.7771, 14.6376)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB154 #545FBC

analogous

#BC7D54 #BCB154 #93BC54

triadic

#BCB154 #54BCB1 #B154BC

tetradic

#BCB154 #54BC7D #545FBC #BC5493

square

#BCB154 #54BC7D #545FBC #BC5493

split-complementary

#BCB154 #5493BC #7D54BC

monochromatic

#6B652A #978E3B #BCB154 #CDC580 #DED9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB154

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB154	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c887',
    500: '#bcb154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb154;
$custom-light: #d2c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB154

secondary

#A0A4CC

accent

#62D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB154

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

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