#BCB057#BCB057

#BCB057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB057
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -7.42, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 47.12, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0226 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9859, 42.4315, 15.2041)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB057 #5763BC

analogous

#BC7E57 #BCB057 #96BC57

triadic

#BCB057 #57BCB0 #B057BC

tetradic

#BCB057 #57BC7E #5763BC #BC5796

square

#BCB057 #57BC7E #5763BC #BC5796

split-complementary

#BCB057 #5796BC #7E57BC

monochromatic

#6D652C #998E3D #BCB057 #CDC583 #DFD9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB057

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB057	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c789',
    500: '#bcb057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb057;
$custom-light: #d2c789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB057

secondary

#A2A7CD

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB057

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

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