#BCB56C#BCB56C

#BCB56C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.095 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB56C
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -8.05, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 38.85, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0223 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.095 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9705, 44.8229, 20.7306)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB56C #6C73BC

analogous

#BC8D6C #BCB56C #9BBC6C

triadic

#BCB56C #6CBCB5 #B56CBC

tetradic

#BCB56C #6CBC8D #6C73BC #BC6C9B

square

#BCB56C #6CBC8D #6C73BC #BC6C9B

split-complementary

#BCB56C #6C9BBC #8D6CBC

monochromatic

#777236 #A19A4A #BCB56C #CFCA96 #E2DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB56C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB56C	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)

#C1B066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.095 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb97',
    500: '#bcb56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb56c;
$custom-light: #d1cb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB56C

secondary

#B2B5D2

accent

#65CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB56C

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

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