#BCB658#BCB658

#BCB658 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB658
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -10.46, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 49.08, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0312 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.117 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2295, 44.8530, 15.8216)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB658 #585EBC

analogous

#BC8458 #BCB658 #90BC58

triadic

#BCB658 #58BCB6 #B658BC

tetradic

#BCB658 #58BC84 #585EBC #BC5890

square

#BCB658 #58BC84 #585EBC #BC5890

split-complementary

#BCB658 #5890BC #8458BC

monochromatic

#6E6A2C #99943E #BCB658 #CEC984 #DFDCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB658

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB658	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)

#C4B04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8a',
    500: '#bcb658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb658;
$custom-light: #d2cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB658

secondary

#A3A5CD

accent

#5DD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB658

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

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