#BCB755#BCB755

#BCB755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB755
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -11.23, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 50.90, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0337 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.121 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3134, 45.2154, 15.2491)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB755 #555ABC

analogous

#BC8355 #BCB755 #8DBC55

triadic

#BCB755 #55BCB7 #B755BC

tetradic

#BCB755 #55BC83 #555ABC #BC558D

square

#BCB755 #55BC83 #555ABC #BC558D

split-complementary

#BCB755 #558DBC #8355BC

monochromatic

#6C692B #98933C #BCB755 #CDCA81 #DFDCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BCB755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB755

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB755	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc88',
    500: '#bcb755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb755;
$custom-light: #d2cc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76364,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB755

secondary

#A0A2CC

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB755

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

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