#BCB56B#BCB56B

#BCB56B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.096 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB56B
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -8.15, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 39.35, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0227 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.096 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9176, 44.8017, 20.4519)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB56B #6B72BC

analogous

#BC8C6B #BCB56B #9ABC6B

triadic

#BCB56B #6BBCB5 #B56BBC

tetradic

#BCB56B #6BBC8C #6B72BC #BC6B9A

square

#BCB56B #6BBC8C #6B72BC #BC6B9A

split-complementary

#BCB56B #6B9ABC #8C6BBC

monochromatic

#777136 #A19949 #BCB56B #CFCA95 #E2DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB56B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB56B	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)

#C1B065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.096 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb96',
    500: '#bcb56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb56b;
$custom-light: #d1cb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.815,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB56B

secondary

#B1B4D2

accent

#64CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB56B

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

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