#BCB15F#BCB15F

#BCB15F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.105 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB15F
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -7.24, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 43.64, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0213 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.105 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5278, 42.9631, 17.0875)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB15F #5F6ABC

analogous

#BC825F #BCB15F #98BC5F

triadic

#BCB15F #5FBCB1 #B15FBC

tetradic

#BCB15F #5FBC82 #5F6ABC #BC5F98

square

#BCB15F #5FBC82 #5F6ABC #BC5F98

split-complementary

#BCB15F #5F98BC #825FBC

monochromatic

#71692F #9C9241 #BCB15F #CEC68A #E0DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB15F

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB15F	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)

#BEAC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.105 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88e',
    500: '#bcb15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb15f;
$custom-light: #d2c88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75207,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB15F

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#65D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB15F

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

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