#BCB454#BCB454

#BCB454 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB454
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -9.76, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 50.13, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0296 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6617, 43.9752, 14.8373)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB454 #545CBC

analogous

#BC8054 #BCB454 #90BC54

triadic

#BCB454 #54BCB4 #B454BC

tetradic

#BCB454 #54BC80 #545CBC #BC5490

square

#BCB454 #54BC80 #545CBC #BC5490

split-complementary

#BCB454 #5490BC #8054BC

monochromatic

#6B662A #97903B #BCB454 #CDC780 #DEDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB454 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB454 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB454

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB454	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB454	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)

#C2AE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb454;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca87',
    500: '#bcb454',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb454;
$custom-light: #d2ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb454",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB454

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5ED354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB454

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

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