#BCB952#BCB952

#BCB952 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB952
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -12.49, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 53.11, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0377 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.125 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6121, 45.9996, 14.7732)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB952 #5255BC

analogous

#BC8452 #BCB952 #8ABC52

triadic

#BCB952 #52BCB9 #B952BC

tetradic

#BCB952 #52BC84 #5255BC #BC528A

square

#BCB952 #52BC84 #5255BC #BC528A

split-complementary

#BCB952 #528ABC #8452BC

monochromatic

#6A6929 #97943A #BCB952 #CDCB7E #DEDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCB952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB952

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB952	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)

#C7B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd86',
    500: '#bcb952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb952;
$custom-light: #d3cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB952

secondary

#9E9FCC

accent

#58D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB952

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

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