#BCB556#BCB556

#BCB556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB556
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -10.11, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 49.60, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0304 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.118 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.9438, 44.4122, 15.3233)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB556 #565DBC

analogous

#BC8256 #BCB556 #90BC56

triadic

#BCB556 #56BCB5 #B556BC

tetradic

#BCB556 #56BC82 #565DBC #BC5690

square

#BCB556 #56BC82 #565DBC #BC5690

split-complementary

#BCB556 #5690BC #8256BC

monochromatic

#6D682B #98923C #BCB556 #CDC882 #DFDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB556

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB556	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)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bcb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb556;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.44411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB556

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5DD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB556

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

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