#BCB357#BCB357

#BCB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB357
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -8.99, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 48.31, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0271 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.115 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5806, 43.6210, 15.4024)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB357 #5760BC

analogous

#BC8157 #BCB357 #93BC57

triadic

#BCB357 #57BCB3 #B357BC

tetradic

#BCB357 #57BC81 #5760BC #BC5793

square

#BCB357 #57BC81 #5760BC #BC5793

split-complementary

#BCB357 #5793BC #8157BC

monochromatic

#6D672C #99913D #BCB357 #CDC783 #DFDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB357

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB357	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)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c989',
    500: '#bcb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb357;
$custom-light: #d2c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB357

secondary

#A2A6CD

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB357

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

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