#BCB561#BCB561

#BCB561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.107 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB561
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -9.15, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 44.33, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0265 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.107 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4216, 44.6033, 17.8396)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB561 #6168BC

analogous

#BC8761 #BCB561 #95BC61

triadic

#BCB561 #61BCB5 #B561BC

tetradic

#BCB561 #61BC87 #6168BC #BC6195

square

#BCB561 #61BC87 #6168BC #BC6195

split-complementary

#BCB561 #6195BC #8761BC

monochromatic

#726D30 #9D9643 #BCB561 #CEC98C #E0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB561

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB561	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)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.107 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb90',
    500: '#bcb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb561;
$custom-light: #d2cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76088,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB561

secondary

#AAACCF

accent

#61D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB561

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

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