#BCB05C#BCB05C

#BCB05C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB05C
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -6.99, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 44.71, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0208 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.107 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1973, 42.5161, 16.3175)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB05C #5C68BC

analogous

#BC805C #BCB05C #98BC5C

triadic

#BCB05C #5CBCB0 #B05CBC

tetradic

#BCB05C #5CBC80 #5C68BC #BC5C98

square

#BCB05C #5CBC80 #5C68BC #BC5C98

split-complementary

#BCB05C #5C98BC #805CBC

monochromatic

#70672E #9B9040 #BCB05C #CEC587 #E0DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCB05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB05C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB05C	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)

#BDAB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78c',
    500: '#bcb05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb05c;
$custom-light: #d2c78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74953,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB05C

secondary

#A6ABCE

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB05C

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

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