#BCB659#BCB659

#BCB659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB659
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -10.38, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 48.60, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0309 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.116 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2713, 44.8697, 16.0413)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB659 #595FBC

analogous

#BC8559 #BCB659 #91BC59

triadic

#BCB659 #59BCB6 #B659BC

tetradic

#BCB659 #59BC85 #595FBC #BC5991

square

#BCB659 #59BC85 #595FBC #BC5991

split-complementary

#BCB659 #5991BC #8559BC

monochromatic

#6E6A2C #9A943E #BCB659 #CEC985 #DFDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB659

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB659	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)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8a',
    500: '#bcb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb659;
$custom-light: #d2cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76197,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB659

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB659

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

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