#BCB551#BCB551

#BCB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB551
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -10.51, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 51.92, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0321 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.122 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7493, 44.3344, 14.2992)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB551 #5158BC

analogous

#BC8051 #BCB551 #8DBC51

triadic

#BCB551 #51BCB5 #B551BC

tetradic

#BCB551 #51BC80 #5158BC #BC518D

square

#BCB551 #51BC80 #5158BC #BC518D

split-complementary

#BCB551 #518DBC #8051BC

monochromatic

#6A6629 #96903A #BCB551 #CDC87D #DEDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BCB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB551

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB551	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ca85',
    500: '#bcb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb551;
$custom-light: #d3ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB551

secondary

#9DA0CC

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB551

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

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