#BCB459#BCB459

#BCB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB459
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -9.34, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 47.77, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0279 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.114 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8646, 44.0564, 15.9057)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB459 #5961BC

analogous

#BC8359 #BCB459 #92BC59

triadic

#BCB459 #59BCB4 #B459BC

tetradic

#BCB459 #59BC83 #5961BC #BC5992

square

#BCB459 #59BC83 #5961BC #BC5992

split-complementary

#BCB459 #5992BC #8359BC

monochromatic

#6E692C #9A923E #BCB459 #CEC885 #DFDBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB459

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB459	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)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8a',
    500: '#bcb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb459;
$custom-light: #d2ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB459

secondary

#A3A7CD

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB459

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

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