#BCB560#BCB560

#BCB560 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.108 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB560
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -9.24, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 44.81, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0269 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.108 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3752, 44.5848, 17.5956)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB560 #6067BC

analogous

#BC8760 #BCB560 #95BC60

triadic

#BCB560 #60BCB5 #B560BC

tetradic

#BCB560 #60BC87 #6067BC #BC6095

square

#BCB560 #60BC87 #6067BC #BC6095

split-complementary

#BCB560 #6095BC #8760BC

monochromatic

#726D30 #9D9642 #BCB560 #CEC98B #E0DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB560

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB560	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.108 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8f',
    500: '#bcb560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb560;
$custom-light: #d2cb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB560

secondary

#A9ACCF

accent

#60D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB560

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

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