#BCB352#BCB352

#BCB352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB352
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -9.39, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 50.66, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0288 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.119 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.3834, 43.5421, 14.3636)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB352 #525BBC

analogous

#BC7E52 #BCB352 #90BC52

triadic

#BCB352 #52BCB3 #B352BC

tetradic

#BCB352 #52BC7E #525BBC #BC5290

square

#BCB352 #52BC7E #525BBC #BC5290

split-complementary

#BCB352 #5290BC #7E52BC

monochromatic

#6A6529 #978F3A #BCB352 #CDC67E #DEDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCB352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB352

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB352	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)

#C1AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c986',
    500: '#bcb352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb352;
$custom-light: #d3c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7547,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.43541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB352

secondary

#9EA2CC

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB352

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

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