#BCB753#BCB753

#BCB753 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB753
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -11.39, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 51.82, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0344 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.122 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2350, 45.1841, 14.8366)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB753 #5358BC

analogous

#BC8253 #BCB753 #8CBC53

triadic

#BCB753 #53BCB7 #B753BC

tetradic

#BCB753 #53BC82 #5358BC #BC538C

square

#BCB753 #53BC82 #5358BC #BC538C

split-complementary

#BCB753 #538CBC #8253BC

monochromatic

#6B682A #97933B #BCB753 #CDC97F #DEDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BCB753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB753

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB753	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc87',
    500: '#bcb753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb753;
$custom-light: #d2cc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76341,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB753

secondary

#9FA1CC

accent

#5AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB753

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

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