#BCB05A#BCB05A

#BCB05A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB05A
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -7.17, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 45.68, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0216 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1110, 42.4816, 15.8631)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB05A #5A66BC

analogous

#BC7F5A #BCB05A #97BC5A

triadic

#BCB05A #5ABCB0 #B05ABC

tetradic

#BCB05A #5ABC7F #5A66BC #BC5A97

square

#BCB05A #5ABC7F #5A66BC #BC5A97

split-complementary

#BCB05A #5A97BC #7F5ABC

monochromatic

#6F672D #9A8F3F #BCB05A #CEC586 #DFDAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCB05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB05A

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB05A	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78b',
    500: '#bcb05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb05a;
$custom-light: #d2c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74927,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB05A

secondary

#A4A9CE

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB05A

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

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