#BCB852#BCB852

#BCB852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB852
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -11.98, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 52.69, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0362 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.124 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4037, 45.5827, 14.7037)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB852 #5256BC

analogous

#BC8352 #BCB852 #8BBC52

triadic

#BCB852 #52BCB8 #B852BC

tetradic

#BCB852 #52BC83 #5256BC #BC528B

square

#BCB852 #52BC83 #5256BC #BC528B

split-complementary

#BCB852 #528BBC #8352BC

monochromatic

#6A6829 #97933A #BCB852 #CDCA7E #DEDCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BCB852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB852

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB852	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd86',
    500: '#bcb852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb852;
$custom-light: #d3cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76546,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB852

secondary

#9EA0CC

accent

#59D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB852

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

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