#BCB35A#BCB35A

#BCB35A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB35A
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -8.74, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 46.88, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0261 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.112 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7057, 43.6710, 16.0614)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB35A #5A63BC

analogous

#BC825A #BCB35A #94BC5A

triadic

#BCB35A #5ABCB3 #B35ABC

tetradic

#BCB35A #5ABC82 #5A63BC #BC5A94

square

#BCB35A #5ABC82 #5A63BC #BC5A94

split-complementary

#BCB35A #5A94BC #825ABC

monochromatic

#6F692D #9A923F #BCB35A #CEC786 #DFDBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB35A

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB35A	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98b',
    500: '#bcb35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb35a;
$custom-light: #d2c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75567,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB35A

secondary

#A4A8CE

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB35A

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

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