#BCB158#BCB158

#BCB158 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB158
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -7.86, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 47.03, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0238 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.112 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2238, 42.8415, 15.4864)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB158 #5863BC

analogous

#BC7F58 #BCB158 #95BC58

triadic

#BCB158 #58BCB1 #B158BC

tetradic

#BCB158 #58BC7F #5863BC #BC5895

square

#BCB158 #58BC7F #5863BC #BC5895

split-complementary

#BCB158 #5895BC #7F58BC

monochromatic

#6E662C #998F3E #BCB158 #CEC584 #DFDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB158

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB158	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88a',
    500: '#bcb158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb158;
$custom-light: #d2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB158

secondary

#A3A7CD

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB158

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

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