#BCB35C#BCB35C

#BCB35C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.110 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB35C
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -8.56, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 45.92, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0253 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.11 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7920, 43.7055, 16.5157)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB35C #5C65BC

analogous

#BC835C #BCB35C #95BC5C

triadic

#BCB35C #5CBCB3 #B35CBC

tetradic

#BCB35C #5CBC83 #5C65BC #BC5C95

square

#BCB35C #5CBC83 #5C65BC #BC5C95

split-complementary

#BCB35C #5C95BC #835CBC

monochromatic

#706A2E #9B9340 #BCB35C #CEC787 #E0DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB35C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB35C	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)

#C0AE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.110 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98c',
    500: '#bcb35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb35c;
$custom-light: #d2c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75593,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB35C

secondary

#A6A9CE

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB35C

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

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