#BCB05E#BCB05E

#BCB05E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB05E
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -6.81, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 43.73, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2859, 42.5515, 16.7840)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB05E #5E6ABC

analogous

#BC815E #BCB05E #99BC5E

triadic

#BCB05E #5EBCB0 #B05EBC

tetradic

#BCB05E #5EBC81 #5E6ABC #BC5E99

square

#BCB05E #5EBC81 #5E6ABC #BC5E99

split-complementary

#BCB05E #5E99BC #815EBC

monochromatic

#71682F #9C9041 #BCB05E #CEC589 #E0DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB05E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB05E	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)

#BDAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78d',
    500: '#bcb05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb05e;
$custom-light: #d2c78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7498,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB05E

secondary

#A7ACCF

accent

#66D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB05E

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

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