#BCB56F#BCB56F

#BCB56F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.091 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB56F
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 41%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -7.73, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 37.32, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0211 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.091 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1329, 44.8879, 21.5860)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB56F #6F76BC

analogous

#BC8E6F #BCB56F #9CBC6F

triadic

#BCB56F #6FBCB5 #B56FBC

tetradic

#BCB56F #6FBC8E #6F76BC #BC6F9C

square

#BCB56F #6FBC8E #6F76BC #BC6F9C

split-complementary

#BCB56F #6F9CBC #8E6FBC

monochromatic

#797338 #A29A4C #BCB56F #CFCA99 #E3E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB56F

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB56F	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.091 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb99',
    500: '#bcb56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb56f;
$custom-light: #d1cb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76298,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB56F

secondary

#B4B7D3

accent

#66CC5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB56F

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

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