#BCB56E#BCB56E

#BCB56E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.092 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB56E
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -7.84, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 37.83, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0215 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.093 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0781, 44.8660, 21.2976)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB56E #6E75BC

analogous

#BC8E6E #BCB56E #9CBC6E

triadic

#BCB56E #6EBCB5 #B56EBC

tetradic

#BCB56E #6EBC8E #6E75BC #BC6E9C

square

#BCB56E #6EBC8E #6E75BC #BC6E9C

split-complementary

#BCB56E #6E9CBC #8E6EBC

monochromatic

#787237 #A29A4B #BCB56E #CFCA98 #E3E0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB56E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB56E	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)

#C1B069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.092 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb98',
    500: '#bcb56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb56e;
$custom-light: #d1cb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76282,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB56E

secondary

#B3B6D2

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB56E

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

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