#BCB252#BCB252

#BCB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB252
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -8.87, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 50.26, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0274 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1837, 43.1427, 14.2970)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB252 #525CBC

analogous

#BC7D52 #BCB252 #91BC52

triadic

#BCB252 #52BCB2 #B252BC

tetradic

#BCB252 #52BC7D #525CBC #BC5291

square

#BCB252 #52BC7D #525CBC #BC5291

split-complementary

#BCB252 #5291BC #7D52BC

monochromatic

#6A6429 #978E3A #BCB252 #CDC67E #DED9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB252

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB252	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c886',
    500: '#bcb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb252;
$custom-light: #d3c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB252

secondary

#9EA2CC

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB252

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

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