#BCB559#BCB559

#BCB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB559
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -9.86, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 48.19, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0294 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.115 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0672, 44.4616, 15.9733)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB559 #5960BC

analogous

#BC8459 #BCB559 #91BC59

triadic

#BCB559 #59BCB5 #B559BC

tetradic

#BCB559 #59BC84 #5960BC #BC5991

square

#BCB559 #59BC84 #5960BC #BC5991

split-complementary

#BCB559 #5991BC #8459BC

monochromatic

#6E6A2C #9A933E #BCB559 #CEC885 #DFDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB559

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB559	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)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8a',
    500: '#bcb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb559;
$custom-light: #d2cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75983,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB559

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB559

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

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