#BCB253#BCB253

#BCB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB253
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -8.80, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 49.79, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.027 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.117 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2220, 43.1580, 14.4989)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB253 #535DBC

analogous

#BC7D53 #BCB253 #91BC53

triadic

#BCB253 #53BCB2 #B253BC

tetradic

#BCB253 #53BC7D #535DBC #BC5391

square

#BCB253 #53BC7D #535DBC #BC5391

split-complementary

#BCB253 #5391BC #7D53BC

monochromatic

#6B652A #978E3B #BCB253 #CDC67F #DED9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB253

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB253	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)

#C0AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c886',
    500: '#bcb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb253;
$custom-light: #d2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB253

secondary

#9FA3CC

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB253

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

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