#BCB351#BCB351

#BCB351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB351
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -9.47, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 51.12, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0292 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.12 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3456, 43.5270, 14.1646)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB351 #515ABC

analogous

#BC7D51 #BCB351 #90BC51

triadic

#BCB351 #51BCB3 #B351BC

tetradic

#BCB351 #51BC7D #515ABC #BC5190

square

#BCB351 #51BC7D #515ABC #BC5190

split-complementary

#BCB351 #5190BC #7D51BC

monochromatic

#6A6429 #968E3A #BCB351 #CDC67D #DEDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB351

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB351	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c985',
    500: '#bcb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb351;
$custom-light: #d3c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75459,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB351

secondary

#9DA1CC

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB351

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

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