#BCB353#BCB353

#BCB353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB353
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -9.32, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 50.19, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0285 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.118 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4217, 43.5574, 14.5655)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB353 #535CBC

analogous

#BC7E53 #BCB353 #90BC53

triadic

#BCB353 #53BCB3 #B353BC

tetradic

#BCB353 #53BC7E #535CBC #BC5390

square

#BCB353 #53BC7E #535CBC #BC5390

split-complementary

#BCB353 #5390BC #7E53BC

monochromatic

#6B652A #978F3B #BCB353 #CDC67F #DEDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCB353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB353

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB353	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)

#C1AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c986',
    500: '#bcb353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb353;
$custom-light: #d2c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB353

secondary

#9FA3CC

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB353

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

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