#BCB452#BCB452

#BCB452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB452
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -9.91, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 51.06, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0303 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5845, 43.9444, 14.4306)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB452 #525ABC

analogous

#BC7F52 #BCB452 #8FBC52

triadic

#BCB452 #52BCB4 #B452BC

tetradic

#BCB452 #52BC7F #525ABC #BC528F

square

#BCB452 #52BC7F #525ABC #BC528F

split-complementary

#BCB452 #528FBC #7F52BC

monochromatic

#6A6529 #97903A #BCB452 #CDC77E #DEDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB452

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB452	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)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca86',
    500: '#bcb452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb452;
$custom-light: #d3ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB452

secondary

#9EA1CC

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB452

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

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