#BCB05F#BCB05F

#BCB05F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.104 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB05F
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -6.72, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 43.24, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0197 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.104 101)
XYZ	xyz(38.3310, 42.5696, 17.0219)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB05F #5F6BBC

analogous

#BC815F #BCB05F #99BC5F

triadic

#BCB05F #5FBCB0 #B05FBC

tetradic

#BCB05F #5FBC81 #5F6BBC #BC5F99

square

#BCB05F #5FBC81 #5F6BBC #BC5F99

split-complementary

#BCB05F #5F99BC #815FBC

monochromatic

#71692F #9C9141 #BCB05F #CEC58A #E0DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCB05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB05F

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB05F	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)

#BDAC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.104 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78e',
    500: '#bcb05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb05f;
$custom-light: #d2c78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB05F

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#67D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB05F

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

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