#BCB358#BCB358

#BCB358 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB358
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -8.91, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 47.84, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0268 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6217, 43.6374, 15.6190)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB358 #5861BC

analogous

#BC8158 #BCB358 #93BC58

triadic

#BCB358 #58BCB3 #B358BC

tetradic

#BCB358 #58BC81 #5861BC #BC5893

square

#BCB358 #58BC81 #5861BC #BC5893

split-complementary

#BCB358 #5893BC #8158BC

monochromatic

#6E682C #99913E #BCB358 #CEC784 #DFDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB358

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB358	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98a',
    500: '#bcb358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb358;
$custom-light: #d2c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75542,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB358

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB358

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

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