#BCB257#BCB257

#BCB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB257
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -8.47, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 47.91, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0256 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.114 103)
XYZ	xyz(38.3809, 43.2216, 15.3358)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB257 #5761BC

analogous

#BC8057 #BCB257 #94BC57

triadic

#BCB257 #57BCB2 #B257BC

tetradic

#BCB257 #57BC80 #5761BC #BC5794

square

#BCB257 #57BC80 #5761BC #BC5794

split-complementary

#BCB257 #5794BC #8057BC

monochromatic

#6D672C #99903D #BCB257 #CDC683 #DFDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB257

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB257	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)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c889',
    500: '#bcb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb257;
$custom-light: #d2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75315,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.4322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB257

secondary

#A2A6CD

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB257

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

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