#BCB457#BCB457

#BCB457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB457
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -9.51, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 48.72, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0286 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.116 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7817, 44.0232, 15.4694)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB457 #575FBC

analogous

#BC8257 #BCB457 #92BC57

triadic

#BCB457 #57BCB4 #B457BC

tetradic

#BCB457 #57BC82 #575FBC #BC5792

square

#BCB457 #57BC82 #575FBC #BC5792

split-complementary

#BCB457 #5792BC #8257BC

monochromatic

#6D682C #99923D #BCB457 #CDC883 #DFDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB457

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB457	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)

#C2AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca89',
    500: '#bcb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb457;
$custom-light: #d2ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB457

secondary

#A2A5CD

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB457

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

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