#BCB258#BCB258

#BCB258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.113 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB258
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -8.39, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 47.44, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0253 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.113 103)
XYZ	xyz(38.4220, 43.2380, 15.5525)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB258 #5862BC

analogous

#BC8058 #BCB258 #94BC58

triadic

#BCB258 #58BCB2 #B258BC

tetradic

#BCB258 #58BC80 #5862BC #BC5894

square

#BCB258 #58BC80 #5862BC #BC5894

split-complementary

#BCB258 #5894BC #8058BC

monochromatic

#6E672C #99903E #BCB258 #CEC684 #DFDAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB258

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB258	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.113 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88a',
    500: '#bcb258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb258;
$custom-light: #d2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75328,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.43237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB258

secondary

#A3A7CD

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB258

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

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