#BCB651#BCB651

#BCB651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB651
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -11.03, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 52.32, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0336 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.123 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9534, 44.7426, 14.3672)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB651 #5157BC

analogous

#BC8151 #BCB651 #8CBC51

triadic

#BCB651 #51BCB6 #B651BC

tetradic

#BCB651 #51BC81 #5157BC #BC518C

square

#BCB651 #51BC81 #5157BC #BC518C

split-complementary

#BCB651 #518CBC #8151BC

monochromatic

#6A6629 #96913A #BCB651 #CDC97D #DEDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB651

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB651	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)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb85',
    500: '#bcb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb651;
$custom-light: #d3cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76103,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB651

secondary

#9DA0CC

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB651

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

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