#BCB850#BCB850

#BCB850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB850
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -12.13, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 53.60, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0369 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.126 107)
XYZ	xyz(39.3287, 45.5527, 14.3087)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB850 #5054BC

analogous

#BC8250 #BCB850 #8ABC50

triadic

#BCB850 #50BCB8 #B850BC

tetradic

#BCB850 #50BC82 #5054BC #BC508A

square

#BCB850 #50BC82 #5054BC #BC508A

split-complementary

#BCB850 #508ABC #8250BC

monochromatic

#696728 #969239 #BCB850 #CDCA7C #DEDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BCB850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB850

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB850	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd85',
    500: '#bcb850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb850;
$custom-light: #d3cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.45552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB850

secondary

#9C9ECB

accent

#58D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB850

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

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