#BCB262#BCB262

#BCB262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.102 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB262
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -7.49, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 42.57, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0216 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.102 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8650, 43.4152, 17.8856)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB262 #626CBC

analogous

#BC8562 #BCB262 #99BC62

triadic

#BCB262 #62BCB2 #B262BC

tetradic

#BCB262 #62BC85 #626CBC #BC6299

square

#BCB262 #62BC85 #626CBC #BC6299

split-complementary

#BCB262 #6299BC #8562BC

monochromatic

#736B31 #9E9443 #BCB262 #CEC78D #E1DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB262

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB262	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)

#BFAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.102 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c890',
    500: '#bcb262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb262;
$custom-light: #d2c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB262

secondary

#AAAECF

accent

#65D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB262

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

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