#BCB656#BCB656

#BCB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB656
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -10.63, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 50.02, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0319 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.119 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1478, 44.8203, 15.3913)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB656 #565CBC

analogous

#BC8356 #BCB656 #8FBC56

triadic

#BCB656 #56BCB6 #B656BC

tetradic

#BCB656 #56BC83 #565CBC #BC568F

square

#BCB656 #56BC83 #565CBC #BC568F

split-complementary

#BCB656 #568FBC #8356BC

monochromatic

#6D692B #98933C #BCB656 #CDC982 #DFDCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB656

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB656	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)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb88',
    500: '#bcb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb656;
$custom-light: #d2cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76161,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB656

secondary

#A1A4CD

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB656

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

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