#BCB260#BCB260

#BCB260 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.105 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB260
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -7.67, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 43.56, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0224 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.105 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7718, 43.3779, 17.3945)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB260 #606ABC

analogous

#BC8460 #BCB260 #98BC60

triadic

#BCB260 #60BCB2 #B260BC

tetradic

#BCB260 #60BC84 #606ABC #BC6098

square

#BCB260 #60BC84 #606ABC #BC6098

split-complementary

#BCB260 #6098BC #8460BC

monochromatic

#726B30 #9D9342 #BCB260 #CEC78B #E0DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB260

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB260	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.105 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88f',
    500: '#bcb260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb260;
$custom-light: #d2c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB260

secondary

#A9ADCF

accent

#64D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB260

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

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