#BCB550#BCB550

#BCB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB550
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -10.58, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 52.37, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0325 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.123 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7121, 44.3196, 14.1032)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB550 #5057BC

analogous

#BC7F50 #BCB550 #8DBC50

triadic

#BCB550 #50BCB5 #B550BC

tetradic

#BCB550 #50BC7F #5057BC #BC508D

square

#BCB550 #50BC7F #5057BC #BC508D

split-complementary

#BCB550 #508DBC #7F50BC

monochromatic

#696528 #969039 #BCB550 #CDC87C #DEDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BCB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB550

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB550	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bcb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb550;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75877,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB550

secondary

#9C9FCB

accent

#5CD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB550

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

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