#BCB558#BCB558

#BCB558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB558
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -9.95, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 48.66, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0298 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.116 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0255, 44.4449, 15.7536)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB558 #585FBC

analogous

#BC8358 #BCB558 #91BC58

triadic

#BCB558 #58BCB5 #B558BC

tetradic

#BCB558 #58BC83 #585FBC #BC5891

square

#BCB558 #58BC83 #585FBC #BC5891

split-complementary

#BCB558 #5891BC #8358BC

monochromatic

#6E692C #99933E #BCB558 #CEC884 #DFDCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB558

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB558	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8a',
    500: '#bcb558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb558;
$custom-light: #d2cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7597,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB558

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5ED355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB558

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

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