#BCB562#BCB562

#BCB562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.106 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB562
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -9.05, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 43.83, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0261 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.106 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4685, 44.6221, 18.0868)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB562 #6269BC

analogous

#BC8862 #BCB562 #96BC62

triadic

#BCB562 #62BCB5 #B562BC

tetradic

#BCB562 #62BC88 #6269BC #BC6296

square

#BCB562 #62BC88 #6269BC #BC6296

split-complementary

#BCB562 #6296BC #8862BC

monochromatic

#736E31 #9E9743 #BCB562 #CEC98D #E1DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB562

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB562	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)

#C2B05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.106 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb90',
    500: '#bcb562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb562;
$custom-light: #d2cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76102,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB562

secondary

#AAADCF

accent

#61D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB562

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

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