#BCB56D#BCB56D

#BCB56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.094 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB56D
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -7.94, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 38.34, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0219 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.094 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0240, 44.8443, 21.0125)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB56D #6D74BC

analogous

#BC8D6D #BCB56D #9BBC6D

triadic

#BCB56D #6DBCB5 #B56DBC

tetradic

#BCB56D #6DBC8D #6D74BC #BC6D9B

square

#BCB56D #6DBC8D #6D74BC #BC6D9B

split-complementary

#BCB56D #6D9BBC #8D6DBC

monochromatic

#787237 #A29A4A #BCB56D #CFCA97 #E3E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB56D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB56D	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.094 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb98',
    500: '#bcb56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb56d;
$custom-light: #d1cb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB56D

secondary

#B3B5D2

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB56D

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

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