#BCB35D#BCB35D

#BCB35D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB35D
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -8.47, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 45.44, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.025 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.109 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8360, 43.7231, 16.7475)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB35D #5D66BC

analogous

#BC845D #BCB35D #95BC5D

triadic

#BCB35D #5DBCB3 #B35DBC

tetradic

#BCB35D #5DBC84 #5D66BC #BC5D95

square

#BCB35D #5DBC84 #5D66BC #BC5D95

split-complementary

#BCB35D #5D95BC #845DBC

monochromatic

#706A2E #9B9340 #BCB35D #CEC788 #E0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB35D

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB35D	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)

#C0AE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98d',
    500: '#bcb35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb35d;
$custom-light: #d2c98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB35D

secondary

#A6AACE

accent

#62D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB35D

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

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