#BCB056#BCB056

#BCB056 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB056
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -7.51, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 47.59, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.023 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.113 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9453, 42.4153, 14.9905)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB056 #5662BC

analogous

#BC7D56 #BCB056 #95BC56

triadic

#BCB056 #56BCB0 #B056BC

tetradic

#BCB056 #56BC7D #5662BC #BC5695

square

#BCB056 #56BC7D #5662BC #BC5695

split-complementary

#BCB056 #5695BC #7D56BC

monochromatic

#6D652B #988E3C #BCB056 #CDC482 #DFD9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCB056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB056

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB056	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c788',
    500: '#bcb056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb056;
$custom-light: #d2c788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74876,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB056

secondary

#A1A6CD

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB056

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

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