#BCB554#BCB554

#BCB554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB554
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 84)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -10.27, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 50.54, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0311 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.119 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8643, 44.3804, 14.9048)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB554 #545BBC

analogous

#BC8154 #BCB554 #8FBC54

triadic

#BCB554 #54BCB5 #B554BC

tetradic

#BCB554 #54BC81 #545BBC #BC548F

square

#BCB554 #54BC81 #545BBC #BC548F

split-complementary

#BCB554 #548FBC #8154BC

monochromatic

#6B672A #97913B #BCB554 #CDC880 #DEDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCB554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB554

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB554	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb87',
    500: '#bcb554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb554;
$custom-light: #d2cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB554

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5DD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB554

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

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