#BCB655#BCB655

#BCB655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB655
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -10.71, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 50.48, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0323 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.12 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1078, 44.8043, 15.1806)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB655 #555BBC

analogous

#BC8255 #BCB655 #8EBC55

triadic

#BCB655 #55BCB6 #B655BC

tetradic

#BCB655 #55BC82 #555BBC #BC558E

square

#BCB655 #55BC82 #555BBC #BC558E

split-complementary

#BCB655 #558EBC #8255BC

monochromatic

#6C682B #98933C #BCB655 #CDC981 #DFDCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB655

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB655	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)

#C4B04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bcb655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb655;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76149,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB655

secondary

#A0A3CC

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB655

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

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