#BCB657#BCB657

#BCB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB657
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -10.55, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 49.55, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0316 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.118 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1884, 44.8366, 15.6050)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB657 #575DBC

analogous

#BC8457 #BCB657 #90BC57

triadic

#BCB657 #57BCB6 #B657BC

tetradic

#BCB657 #57BC84 #575DBC #BC5790

square

#BCB657 #57BC84 #575DBC #BC5790

split-complementary

#BCB657 #5790BC #8457BC

monochromatic

#6D692C #99933D #BCB657 #CDC983 #DFDCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB657

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB657	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)

#C4B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb89',
    500: '#bcb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb657;
$custom-light: #d2cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76173,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB657

secondary

#A2A4CD

accent

#5DD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB657

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

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