#BCB35E#BCB35E

#BCB35E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.108 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB35E
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -8.38, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 44.95, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0246 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.108 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8806, 43.7409, 16.9823)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB35E #5E67BC

analogous

#BC845E #BCB35E #96BC5E

triadic

#BCB35E #5EBCB3 #B35EBC

tetradic

#BCB35E #5EBC84 #5E67BC #BC5E96

square

#BCB35E #5EBC84 #5E67BC #BC5E96

split-complementary

#BCB35E #5E96BC #845EBC

monochromatic

#716A2F #9C9341 #BCB35E #CEC789 #E0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB35E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB35E	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.108 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98e',
    500: '#bcb35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb35e;
$custom-light: #d2c98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.255,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75619,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB35E

secondary

#A7ABCF

accent

#62D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB35E

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

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