#BCB259#BCB259

#BCB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.112 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB259
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -8.30, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 46.96, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0249 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.112 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4638, 43.2547, 15.7721)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB259 #5963BC

analogous

#BC8159 #BCB259 #95BC59

triadic

#BCB259 #59BCB2 #B259BC

tetradic

#BCB259 #59BC81 #5963BC #BC5995

square

#BCB259 #59BC81 #5963BC #BC5995

split-complementary

#BCB259 #5995BC #8159BC

monochromatic

#6E682C #9A903E #BCB259 #CEC685 #DFDAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB259

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB259	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)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.112 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88a',
    500: '#bcb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb259;
$custom-light: #d2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB259

secondary

#A3A8CD

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB259

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

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