#BCB25C#BCB25C

#BCB25C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB25C
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -8.04, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 45.51, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0239 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.109 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5923, 43.3061, 16.4492)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB25C #5C66BC

analogous

#BC825C #BCB25C #96BC5C

triadic

#BCB25C #5CBCB2 #B25CBC

tetradic

#BCB25C #5CBC82 #5C66BC #BC5C96

square

#BCB25C #5CBC82 #5C66BC #BC5C96

split-complementary

#BCB25C #5C96BC #825CBC

monochromatic

#70692E #9B9240 #BCB25C #CEC687 #E0DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB25C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCB25C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB25C

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB25C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB25C	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb25c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88c',
    500: '#bcb25c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb25c;
$custom-light: #d2c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb25c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB25C

secondary

#A6AACE

accent

#63D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB25C

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

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