#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
RGBrgb(188, 184, 82)
HSLhsl(58, 44%, 53%)
HSVhsv(58, 56%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.27, -11.98, 51.31)
CIE-LCHlch(73.27, 52.69, 103.14°)
OKLaboklab(76.55% -0.0362 0.119)
OKLCHoklch(76.55% 0.124 106.9)
XYZxyz(39.4037, 45.5827, 14.7037)
Luminance0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BCB8521.002.0810.1210.12
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1221.001.001.00
##00000010.1221.001.001.00

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

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#BCB852 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva