#BCB05D#BCB05D

#BCB05D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB05D
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -6.90, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 44.22, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0205 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2413, 42.5337, 16.5492)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB05D #5D69BC

analogous

#BC805D #BCB05D #99BC5D

triadic

#BCB05D #5DBCB0 #B05DBC

tetradic

#BCB05D #5DBC80 #5D69BC #BC5D99

square

#BCB05D #5DBC80 #5D69BC #BC5D99

split-complementary

#BCB05D #5D99BC #805DBC

monochromatic

#70682E #9B9040 #BCB05D #CEC588 #E0DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB05D

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB05D	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78d',
    500: '#bcb05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb05d;
$custom-light: #d2c78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB05D

secondary

#A6ACCE

accent

#66D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB05D

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

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