#BCB250#BCB250

#BCB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB250
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -9.03, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 51.18, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.028 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1087, 43.1127, 13.9020)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB250 #505ABC

analogous

#BC7C50 #BCB250 #90BC50

triadic

#BCB250 #50BCB2 #B250BC

tetradic

#BCB250 #50BC7C #505ABC #BC5090

square

#BCB250 #50BC7C #505ABC #BC5090

split-complementary

#BCB250 #5090BC #7C50BC

monochromatic

#696328 #968D39 #BCB250 #CDC57C #DED9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB250

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB250	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c884',
    500: '#bcb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb250;
$custom-light: #d3c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB250

secondary

#9CA1CB

accent

#5FD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB250

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

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