#BCB456#BCB456

#BCB456 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	#BCB456
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -9.59, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 49.19, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.029 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.117 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7412, 44.0070, 15.2558)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB456 #565EBC

analogous

#BC8156 #BCB456 #91BC56

triadic

#BCB456 #56BCB4 #B456BC

tetradic

#BCB456 #56BC81 #565EBC #BC5691

square

#BCB456 #56BC81 #565EBC #BC5691

split-complementary

#BCB456 #5691BC #8156BC

monochromatic

#6D672B #98913C #BCB456 #CDC782 #DFDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB456

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB456	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)

#C2AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca88',
    500: '#bcb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb456;
$custom-light: #d2ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75731,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB456

secondary

#A1A5CD

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB456

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

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