#BCB25E#BCB25E

#BCB25E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB25E
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -7.86, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 44.54, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0231 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.107 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6809, 43.3416, 16.9157)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB25E #5E68BC

analogous

#BC835E #BCB25E #97BC5E

triadic

#BCB25E #5EBCB2 #B25EBC

tetradic

#BCB25E #5EBC83 #5E68BC #BC5E97

square

#BCB25E #5EBC83 #5E68BC #BC5E97

split-complementary

#BCB25E #5E97BC #835EBC

monochromatic

#716A2F #9C9241 #BCB25E #CEC789 #E0DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB25E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB25E	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88e',
    500: '#bcb25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb25e;
$custom-light: #d2c88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB25E

secondary

#A7ABCF

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB25E

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

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