#BCB951#BCB951

#BCB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.126 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB951
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -12.57, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 53.56, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.038 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.126 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5744, 45.9845, 14.5742)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB951 #5154BC

analogous

#BC8451 #BCB951 #89BC51

triadic

#BCB951 #51BCB9 #B951BC

tetradic

#BCB951 #51BC84 #5154BC #BC5189

square

#BCB951 #51BC84 #5154BC #BC5189

split-complementary

#BCB951 #5189BC #8451BC

monochromatic

#6A6829 #96933A #BCB951 #CDCB7D #DEDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB951

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB951	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.126 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd85',
    500: '#bcb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb951;
$custom-light: #d3cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76751,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB951

secondary

#9D9FCC

accent

#57D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB951

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

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