#BCB350#BCB350

#BCB350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB350
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -9.55, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 51.58, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0295 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.121 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3084, 43.5121, 13.9686)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB350 #5059BC

analogous

#BC7D50 #BCB350 #8FBC50

triadic

#BCB350 #50BCB3 #B350BC

tetradic

#BCB350 #50BC7D #5059BC #BC508F

square

#BCB350 #50BC7D #5059BC #BC508F

split-complementary

#BCB350 #508FBC #7D50BC

monochromatic

#696428 #968E39 #BCB350 #CDC67C #DED9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCB350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB350

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB350	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c984',
    500: '#bcb350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb350;
$custom-light: #d3c984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB350

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#5ED453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB350

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

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