#BCB458#BCB458

#BCB458 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB458
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -9.43, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 48.25, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0283 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.115 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8229, 44.0397, 15.6861)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB458 #5860BC

analogous

#BC8258 #BCB458 #92BC58

triadic

#BCB458 #58BCB4 #B458BC

tetradic

#BCB458 #58BC82 #5860BC #BC5892

square

#BCB458 #58BC82 #5860BC #BC5892

split-complementary

#BCB458 #5892BC #8258BC

monochromatic

#6E682C #99923E #BCB458 #CEC884 #DFDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB458

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB458	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8a',
    500: '#bcb458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb458;
$custom-light: #d2ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB458

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5FD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB458

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

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