#BCB15E#BCB15E

#BCB15E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB15E
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -7.34, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 44.13, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0216 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4826, 42.9451, 16.8496)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB15E #5E69BC

analogous

#BC825E #BCB15E #98BC5E

triadic

#BCB15E #5EBCB1 #B15EBC

tetradic

#BCB15E #5EBC82 #5E69BC #BC5E98

square

#BCB15E #5EBC82 #5E69BC #BC5E98

split-complementary

#BCB15E #5E98BC #825EBC

monochromatic

#71692F #9C9141 #BCB15E #CEC689 #E0DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB15E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB15E	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88d',
    500: '#bcb15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb15e;
$custom-light: #d2c88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75193,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB15E

secondary

#A7ACCF

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB15E

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

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