#BCB56A#BCB56A

#BCB56A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.097 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB56A
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -8.26, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 39.85, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0231 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.097 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8653, 44.7808, 20.1765)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB56A #6A71BC

analogous

#BC8C6A #BCB56A #9ABC6A

triadic

#BCB56A #6ABCB5 #B56ABC

tetradic

#BCB56A #6ABC8C #6A71BC #BC6A9A

square

#BCB56A #6ABC8C #6A71BC #BC6A9A

split-complementary

#BCB56A #6A9ABC #8C6ABC

monochromatic

#767135 #A19948 #BCB56A #CFCA94 #E2DFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB56A

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB56A	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.097 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb96',
    500: '#bcb56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb56a;
$custom-light: #d1cb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB56A

secondary

#B0B3D1

accent

#64CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB56A

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

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