#BCB04E#BCB04E

#BCB04E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB04E
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -8.14, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 51.32, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0257 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6408, 42.2935, 13.3870)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB04E #4E5ABC

analogous

#BC794E #BCB04E #91BC4E

triadic

#BCB04E #4EBCB0 #B04EBC

tetradic

#BCB04E #4EBC79 #4E5ABC #BC4E91

square

#BCB04E #4EBC79 #4E5ABC #BC4E91

split-complementary

#BCB04E #4E91BC #794EBC

monochromatic

#686127 #958A38 #BCB04E #CDC47A #DED8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCB04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB04E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB04E	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c783',
    500: '#bcb04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb04e;
$custom-light: #d3c783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB04E

secondary

#9BA0CB

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB04E

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

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