#BCB159#BCB159

#BCB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB159
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -7.78, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 46.56, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0234 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.111 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2655, 42.8582, 15.7061)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB159 #5964BC

analogous

#BC8059 #BCB159 #96BC59

triadic

#BCB159 #59BCB1 #B159BC

tetradic

#BCB159 #59BC80 #5964BC #BC5996

square

#BCB159 #59BC80 #5964BC #BC5996

split-complementary

#BCB159 #5996BC #8059BC

monochromatic

#6E672C #9A903E #BCB159 #CEC585 #DFDAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB159

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB159	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)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88a',
    500: '#bcb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb159;
$custom-light: #d2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75127,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB159

secondary

#A3A8CD

accent

#63D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB159

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

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