#BCB956#BCB956

#BCB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.122 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB956
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -12.18, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 51.28, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0363 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.122 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7688, 46.0623, 15.5983)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB956 #5659BC

analogous

#BC8656 #BCB956 #8CBC56

triadic

#BCB956 #56BCB9 #B956BC

tetradic

#BCB956 #56BC86 #5659BC #BC568C

square

#BCB956 #56BC86 #5659BC #BC568C

split-complementary

#BCB956 #568CBC #8656BC

monochromatic

#6D6B2B #98963C #BCB956 #CDCB82 #DFDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB956

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB956	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.122 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd89',
    500: '#bcb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb956;
$custom-light: #d2cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB956

secondary

#A1A2CD

accent

#59D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB956

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

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