#BCB059#BCB059

#BCB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB059
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -7.25, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 46.16, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0219 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0687, 42.4646, 15.6405)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB059 #5965BC

analogous

#BC7F59 #BCB059 #97BC59

triadic

#BCB059 #59BCB0 #B059BC

tetradic

#BCB059 #59BC7F #5965BC #BC5997

square

#BCB059 #59BC7F #5965BC #BC5997

split-complementary

#BCB059 #5997BC #7F59BC

monochromatic

#6E662C #9A8F3E #BCB059 #CEC585 #DFDAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB059

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB059	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)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78a',
    500: '#bcb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb059;
$custom-light: #d2c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB059

secondary

#A3A8CD

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB059

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

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