#BCB650#BCB650

#BCB650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB650
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -11.10, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 52.78, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0339 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.124 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9162, 44.7277, 14.1712)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB650 #5056BC

analogous

#BC8050 #BCB650 #8CBC50

triadic

#BCB650 #50BCB6 #B650BC

tetradic

#BCB650 #50BC80 #5056BC #BC508C

square

#BCB650 #50BC80 #5056BC #BC508C

split-complementary

#BCB650 #508CBC #8050BC

monochromatic

#696628 #969039 #BCB650 #CDC87C #DEDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB650

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB650	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb85',
    500: '#bcb650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb650;
$custom-light: #d3cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB650

secondary

#9C9FCB

accent

#5BD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB650

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

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