#BCB355#BCB355

#BCB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB355
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -9.16, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 49.26, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0278 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5000, 43.5887, 14.9780)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB355 #555EBC

analogous

#BC7F55 #BCB355 #91BC55

triadic

#BCB355 #55BCB3 #B355BC

tetradic

#BCB355 #55BC7F #555EBC #BC5591

square

#BCB355 #55BC7F #555EBC #BC5591

split-complementary

#BCB355 #5591BC #7F55BC

monochromatic

#6C662B #98903C #BCB355 #CDC781 #DFDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB355

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB355	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c988',
    500: '#bcb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb355;
$custom-light: #d2c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB355

secondary

#A0A4CC

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB355

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

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