#BCB451#BCB451

#BCB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB451
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -9.99, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 51.52, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0307 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.121 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5467, 43.9292, 14.2317)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB451 #5159BC

analogous

#BC7E51 #BCB451 #8EBC51

triadic

#BCB451 #51BCB4 #B451BC

tetradic

#BCB451 #51BC7E #5159BC #BC518E

square

#BCB451 #51BC7E #5159BC #BC518E

split-complementary

#BCB451 #518EBC #7E51BC

monochromatic

#6A6529 #968F3A #BCB451 #CDC77D #DEDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB451

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB451	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bcb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb451;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75673,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB451

secondary

#9DA1CC

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB451

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

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