#BCB156#BCB156

#BCB156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB156
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -8.03, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 47.99, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0245 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.114 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1421, 42.8089, 15.0561)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB156 #5661BC

analogous

#BC7E56 #BCB156 #94BC56

triadic

#BCB156 #56BCB1 #B156BC

tetradic

#BCB156 #56BC7E #5661BC #BC5694

square

#BCB156 #56BC7E #5661BC #BC5694

split-complementary

#BCB156 #5694BC #7E56BC

monochromatic

#6D652B #988E3C #BCB156 #CDC582 #DFD9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB156

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB156	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c888',
    500: '#bcb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb156;
$custom-light: #d2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB156

secondary

#A1A6CD

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB156

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

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