#BCB854#BCB854

#BCB854 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.123 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB854
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -11.82, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 51.78, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0355 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.123 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4809, 45.6136, 15.1104)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB854 #5458BC

analogous

#BC8454 #BCB854 #8CBC54

triadic

#BCB854 #54BCB8 #B854BC

tetradic

#BCB854 #54BC84 #5458BC #BC548C

square

#BCB854 #54BC84 #5458BC #BC548C

split-complementary

#BCB854 #548CBC #8454BC

monochromatic

#6B692A #97943B #BCB854 #CDCA80 #DEDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BCB854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB854

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB854	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C6B24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.123 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd87',
    500: '#bcb854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb854;
$custom-light: #d2cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB854

secondary

#A0A1CC

accent

#59D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB854

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

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