#BCB157#BCB157

#BCB157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB157
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -7.95, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 47.51, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0241 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.113 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1827, 42.8251, 15.2697)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB157 #5762BC

analogous

#BC7F57 #BCB157 #95BC57

triadic

#BCB157 #57BCB1 #B157BC

tetradic

#BCB157 #57BC7F #5762BC #BC5795

square

#BCB157 #57BC7F #5762BC #BC5795

split-complementary

#BCB157 #5795BC #7F57BC

monochromatic

#6D662C #998F3D #BCB157 #CDC583 #DFDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB157

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB157	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)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c889',
    500: '#bcb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb157;
$custom-light: #d2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB157

secondary

#A2A7CD

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB157

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

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