#BCB35F#BCB35F

#BCB35F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB35F
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -8.29, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 44.46, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0243 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.107 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9257, 43.7590, 17.2201)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB35F #5F68BC

analogous

#BC855F #BCB35F #96BC5F

triadic

#BCB35F #5FBCB3 #B35FBC

tetradic

#BCB35F #5FBC85 #5F68BC #BC5F96

square

#BCB35F #5FBC85 #5F68BC #BC5F96

split-complementary

#BCB35F #5F96BC #855FBC

monochromatic

#716B2F #9C9441 #BCB35F #CEC78A #E0DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB35F

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB35F	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)

#C0AE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c98e',
    500: '#bcb35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb35f;
$custom-light: #d2c98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB35F

secondary

#A8ACCF

accent

#63D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB35F

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

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