#BCB652#BCB652

#BCB652 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB652
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -10.95, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 51.87, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0333 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.122 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9912, 44.7577, 14.5662)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB652 #5258BC

analogous

#BC8152 #BCB652 #8DBC52

triadic

#BCB652 #52BCB6 #B652BC

tetradic

#BCB652 #52BC81 #5258BC #BC528D

square

#BCB652 #52BC81 #5258BC #BC528D

split-complementary

#BCB652 #528DBC #8152BC

monochromatic

#6A6729 #97913A #BCB652 #CDC97E #DEDBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB652

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB652	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)

#C4B048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb86',
    500: '#bcb652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb652;
$custom-light: #d3cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76115,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB652

secondary

#9EA1CC

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB652

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

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