#BCB450#BCB450

#BCB450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB450
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -10.07, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 51.97, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.031 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.122 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5095, 43.9144, 14.0357)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB450 #5058BC

analogous

#BC7E50 #BCB450 #8EBC50

triadic

#BCB450 #50BCB4 #B450BC

tetradic

#BCB450 #50BC7E #5058BC #BC508E

square

#BCB450 #50BC7E #5058BC #BC508E

split-complementary

#BCB450 #508EBC #7E50BC

monochromatic

#696428 #968F39 #BCB450 #CDC77C #DEDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCB450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB450

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB450	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bcb450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb450;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75662,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB450

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#5DD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB450

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

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