#BCB35B#BCB35B

#BCB35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB35B
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -8.65, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 46.40, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0257 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.111 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7486, 43.6881, 16.2870)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB35B #5B64BC

analogous

#BC835B #BCB35B #95BC5B

triadic

#BCB35B #5BBCB3 #B35BBC

tetradic

#BCB35B #5BBC83 #5B64BC #BC5B95

square

#BCB35B #5BBC83 #5B64BC #BC5B95

split-complementary

#BCB35B #5B95BC #835BBC

monochromatic

#6F692D #9B923F #BCB35B #CEC786 #E0DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB35B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB35B	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98c',
    500: '#bcb35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb35b;
$custom-light: #d2c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7558,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB35B

secondary

#A5A9CE

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB35B

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

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