#BCB254#BCB254

#BCB254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB254
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -8.72, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 49.33, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0267 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.116 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2609, 43.1736, 14.7037)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB254 #545EBC

analogous

#BC7E54 #BCB254 #92BC54

triadic

#BCB254 #54BCB2 #B254BC

tetradic

#BCB254 #54BC7E #545EBC #BC5492

square

#BCB254 #54BC7E #545EBC #BC5492

split-complementary

#BCB254 #5492BC #7E54BC

monochromatic

#6B652A #978F3B #BCB254 #CDC680 #DEDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCB254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB254

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB254	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)

#C0AD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c887',
    500: '#bcb254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb254;
$custom-light: #d2c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75279,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB254

secondary

#A0A4CC

accent

#61D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB254

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

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