#BCB950#BCB950

#BCB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.127 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB950
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -12.64, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 54.01, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0383 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.127 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5371, 45.9696, 14.3782)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB950 #5053BC

analogous

#BC8350 #BCB950 #89BC50

triadic

#BCB950 #50BCB9 #B950BC

tetradic

#BCB950 #50BC83 #5053BC #BC5089

square

#BCB950 #50BC83 #5053BC #BC5089

split-complementary

#BCB950 #5089BC #8350BC

monochromatic

#696728 #969339 #BCB950 #CDCB7C #DEDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB950

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB950	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.127 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd85',
    500: '#bcb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb950;
$custom-light: #d3cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7674,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB950

secondary

#9C9ECB

accent

#57D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB950

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

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