#BCB757#BCB757

#BCB757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB757
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -11.06, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 49.97, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0331 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.119 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3939, 45.2476, 15.6735)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB757 #575CBC

analogous

#BC8557 #BCB757 #8FBC57

triadic

#BCB757 #57BCB7 #B757BC

tetradic

#BCB757 #57BC85 #575CBC #BC578F

square

#BCB757 #57BC85 #575CBC #BC578F

split-complementary

#BCB757 #578FBC #8557BC

monochromatic

#6D6A2C #99943D #BCB757 #CDCA83 #DFDDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCB757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB757

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB757	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc89',
    500: '#bcb757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb757;
$custom-light: #d2cc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB757

secondary

#A2A4CD

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB757

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

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