#BCB455#BCB455

#BCB455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB455
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -9.68, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 49.66, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0293 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.117 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7012, 43.9910, 15.0451)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB455 #555DBC

analogous

#BC8055 #BCB455 #90BC55

triadic

#BCB455 #55BCB4 #B455BC

tetradic

#BCB455 #55BC80 #555DBC #BC5590

square

#BCB455 #55BC80 #555DBC #BC5590

split-complementary

#BCB455 #5590BC #8055BC

monochromatic

#6C672B #98913C #BCB455 #CDC781 #DFDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB455

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB455	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca88',
    500: '#bcb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb455;
$custom-light: #d2ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB455

secondary

#A0A4CC

accent

#5ED355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB455

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

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