#BCB15C#BCB15C

#BCB15C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB15C
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -7.52, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 45.11, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0223 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.108 102)
XYZ	xyz(38.3941, 42.9097, 16.3831)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB15C #5C67BC

analogous

#BC815C #BCB15C #97BC5C

triadic

#BCB15C #5CBCB1 #B15CBC

tetradic

#BCB15C #5CBC81 #5C67BC #BC5C97

square

#BCB15C #5CBC81 #5C67BC #BC5C97

split-complementary

#BCB15C #5C97BC #815CBC

monochromatic

#70682E #9B9140 #BCB15C #CEC687 #E0DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCB15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB15C

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB15C	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88c',
    500: '#bcb15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb15c;
$custom-light: #d2c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75166,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB15C

secondary

#A6AACE

accent

#64D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB15C

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

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