#BCB453#BCB453

#BCB453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB453
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -9.84, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 50.59, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.03 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.119 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6228, 43.9597, 14.6325)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB453 #535BBC

analogous

#BC8053 #BCB453 #8FBC53

triadic

#BCB453 #53BCB4 #B453BC

tetradic

#BCB453 #53BC80 #535BBC #BC538F

square

#BCB453 #53BC80 #535BBC #BC538F

split-complementary

#BCB453 #538FBC #8053BC

monochromatic

#6B662A #97903B #BCB453 #CDC77F #DEDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB453

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB453	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C2AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca86',
    500: '#bcb453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb453;
$custom-light: #d2ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB453

secondary

#9FA2CC

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB453

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

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