#BCB565#BCB565

#BCB565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.102 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB565
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -8.76, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 42.35, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.025 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.102 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6128, 44.6798, 18.8468)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB565 #656CBC

analogous

#BC8A65 #BCB565 #98BC65

triadic

#BCB565 #65BCB5 #B565BC

tetradic

#BCB565 #65BC8A #656CBC #BC6598

square

#BCB565 #65BC8A #656CBC #BC6598

split-complementary

#BCB565 #6598BC #8A65BC

monochromatic

#746F33 #9F9845 #BCB565 #CFC990 #E1DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCB565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB565

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB565	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.102 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb92',
    500: '#bcb565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb565;
$custom-light: #d2cb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76144,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB565

secondary

#ADAFD0

accent

#62CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB565

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

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