#BCB653#BCB653

#BCB653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB653
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -10.87, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 51.41, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0329 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.121 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0295, 44.7730, 14.7681)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB653 #5359BC

analogous

#BC8153 #BCB653 #8EBC53

triadic

#BCB653 #53BCB6 #B653BC

tetradic

#BCB653 #53BC81 #5359BC #BC538E

square

#BCB653 #53BC81 #5359BC #BC538E

split-complementary

#BCB653 #538EBC #8153BC

monochromatic

#6B672A #97923B #BCB653 #CDC97F #DEDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCB653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB653

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB653	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)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb87',
    500: '#bcb653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb653;
$custom-light: #d2cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76126,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB653

secondary

#9FA1CC

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB653

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

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