#BCB255#BCB255

#BCB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.115 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB255
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -8.63, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 48.86, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0263 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.115 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3003, 43.1893, 14.9114)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB255 #555FBC

analogous

#BC7E55 #BCB255 #92BC55

triadic

#BCB255 #55BCB2 #B255BC

tetradic

#BCB255 #55BC7E #555FBC #BC5592

square

#BCB255 #55BC7E #555FBC #BC5592

split-complementary

#BCB255 #5592BC #7E55BC

monochromatic

#6C662B #988F3C #BCB255 #CDC681 #DFDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB255

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB255	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.115 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c888',
    500: '#bcb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb255;
$custom-light: #d2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.175,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75291,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB255

secondary

#A0A5CC

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB255

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

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