#BCB751#BCB751

#BCB751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.124 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB751
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -11.54, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 52.73, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0351 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.124 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1589, 45.1536, 14.4358)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB751 #5156BC

analogous

#BC8151 #BCB751 #8CBC51

triadic

#BCB751 #51BCB7 #B751BC

tetradic

#BCB751 #51BC81 #5156BC #BC518C

square

#BCB751 #51BC81 #5156BC #BC518C

split-complementary

#BCB751 #518CBC #8151BC

monochromatic

#6A6729 #96923A #BCB751 #CDC97D #DEDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCB751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB751

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB751	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.124 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc85',
    500: '#bcb751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb751;
$custom-light: #d3cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB751

secondary

#9D9FCC

accent

#5AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB751

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

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