#BCB759#BCB759

#BCB759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB759
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -10.90, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 49.03, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0324 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.117 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4768, 45.2808, 16.1098)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB759 #595EBC

analogous

#BC8659 #BCB759 #90BC59

triadic

#BCB759 #59BCB7 #B759BC

tetradic

#BCB759 #59BC86 #595EBC #BC5990

square

#BCB759 #59BC86 #595EBC #BC5990

split-complementary

#BCB759 #5990BC #8659BC

monochromatic

#6E6B2C #9A953E #BCB759 #CECA85 #DFDDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB759

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB759	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc8a',
    500: '#bcb759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb759;
$custom-light: #d2cc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76412,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB759

secondary

#A3A6CD

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB759

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

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