#BCB555#BCB555

#BCB555 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	#BCB555
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -10.19, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 50.07, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0308 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.119 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9038, 44.3962, 15.1126)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB555 #555CBC

analogous

#BC8155 #BCB555 #8FBC55

triadic

#BCB555 #55BCB5 #B555BC

tetradic

#BCB555 #55BC81 #555CBC #BC558F

square

#BCB555 #55BC81 #555CBC #BC558F

split-complementary

#BCB555 #558FBC #8155BC

monochromatic

#6C682B #98923C #BCB555 #CDC881 #DFDBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB555

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB555	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)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bcb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb555;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75934,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB555

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5DD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB555

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

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