#BCB855#BCB855

#BCB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.122 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB855
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -11.74, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 51.32, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0352 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.122 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5203, 45.6294, 15.3181)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB855 #5559BC

analogous

#BC8455 #BCB855 #8CBC55

triadic

#BCB855 #55BCB8 #B855BC

tetradic

#BCB855 #55BC84 #5559BC #BC558C

square

#BCB855 #55BC84 #5559BC #BC558C

split-complementary

#BCB855 #558CBC #8455BC

monochromatic

#6C692B #98943C #BCB855 #CDCA81 #DFDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB855

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB855	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.122 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd88',
    500: '#bcb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb855;
$custom-light: #d2cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.67,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB855

secondary

#A0A2CC

accent

#5AD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB855

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

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