#BCB563#BCB563

#BCB563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.105 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB563
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -8.96, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 43.34, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0258 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.105 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5160, 44.6411, 18.3370)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB563 #636ABC

analogous

#BC8963 #BCB563 #97BC63

triadic

#BCB563 #63BCB5 #B563BC

tetradic

#BCB563 #63BC89 #636ABC #BC6397

square

#BCB563 #63BC89 #636ABC #BC6397

split-complementary

#BCB563 #6397BC #8963BC

monochromatic

#736E31 #9E9744 #BCB563 #CEC98E #E1DEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCB563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB563

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB563	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.105 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb91',
    500: '#bcb563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb563;
$custom-light: #d2cb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.281,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76116,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB563

secondary

#ABAED0

accent

#61D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB563

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

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