#BCB552#BCB552

#BCB552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB552
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -10.43, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 51.46, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0318 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.121 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7871, 44.3496, 14.4982)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB552 #5259BC

analogous

#BC8052 #BCB552 #8EBC52

triadic

#BCB552 #52BCB5 #B552BC

tetradic

#BCB552 #52BC80 #5259BC #BC528E

square

#BCB552 #52BC80 #5259BC #BC528E

split-complementary

#BCB552 #528EBC #8052BC

monochromatic

#6A6629 #97903A #BCB552 #CDC87E #DEDBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BCB552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB552

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB552	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)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb86',
    500: '#bcb552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb552;
$custom-light: #d3cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB552

secondary

#9EA1CC

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB552

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

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