#BCB359#BCB359

#BCB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB359
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -8.82, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 47.36, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0264 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.113 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6634, 43.6541, 15.8387)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB359 #5962BC

analogous

#BC8259 #BCB359 #94BC59

triadic

#BCB359 #59BCB3 #B359BC

tetradic

#BCB359 #59BC82 #5962BC #BC5994

square

#BCB359 #59BC82 #5962BC #BC5994

split-complementary

#BCB359 #5994BC #8259BC

monochromatic

#6E682C #9A913E #BCB359 #CEC785 #DFDBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB359

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB359	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)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98a',
    500: '#bcb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb359;
$custom-light: #d2c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB359

secondary

#A3A7CD

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB359

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

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