#BCB055#BCB055

#BCB055 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB055
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -7.59, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 48.07, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0233 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9053, 42.3993, 14.7798)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB055 #5561BC

analogous

#BC7C55 #BCB055 #94BC55

triadic

#BCB055 #55BCB0 #B055BC

tetradic

#BCB055 #55BC7C #5561BC #BC5594

square

#BCB055 #55BC7C #5561BC #BC5594

split-complementary

#BCB055 #5594BC #7C55BC

monochromatic

#6C642B #988D3C #BCB055 #CDC481 #DFD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB055

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB055	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c788',
    500: '#bcb055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb055;
$custom-light: #d2c788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74864,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB055

secondary

#A0A5CC

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB055

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

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