#BCB953#BCB953

#BCB953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB953
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -12.41, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 52.65, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0373 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.125 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6505, 46.0150, 14.9750)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB953 #5356BC

analogous

#BC8453 #BCB953 #8ABC53

triadic

#BCB953 #53BCB9 #B953BC

tetradic

#BCB953 #53BC84 #5356BC #BC538A

square

#BCB953 #53BC84 #5356BC #BC538A

split-complementary

#BCB953 #538ABC #8453BC

monochromatic

#6B692A #97943B #BCB953 #CDCB7F #DEDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCB953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB953

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB953	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)

#C7B248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd87',
    500: '#bcb953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb953;
$custom-light: #d2cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76773,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB953

secondary

#9FA0CC

accent

#58D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB953

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

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