#BCB356#BCB356

#BCB356 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	#BCB356
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -9.07, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 48.79, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0275 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5400, 43.6047, 15.1887)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB356 #565FBC

analogous

#BC8056 #BCB356 #92BC56

triadic

#BCB356 #56BCB3 #B356BC

tetradic

#BCB356 #56BC80 #565FBC #BC5692

square

#BCB356 #56BC80 #565FBC #BC5692

split-complementary

#BCB356 #5692BC #8056BC

monochromatic

#6D672B #98903C #BCB356 #CDC782 #DFDAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB356

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB356	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)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c988',
    500: '#bcb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb356;
$custom-light: #d2c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75517,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB356

secondary

#A1A5CD

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB356

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

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