#BCB362#BCB362

#BCB362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB362
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -8.01, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 42.99, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0231 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.103 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0647, 43.8146, 17.9522)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB362 #626BBC

analogous

#BC8662 #BCB362 #98BC62

triadic

#BCB362 #62BCB3 #B362BC

tetradic

#BCB362 #62BC86 #626BBC #BC6298

square

#BCB362 #62BC86 #626BBC #BC6298

split-complementary

#BCB362 #6298BC #8662BC

monochromatic

#736C31 #9E9543 #BCB362 #CEC88D #E1DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCB362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB362

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB362	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c990',
    500: '#bcb362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb362;
$custom-light: #d2c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB362

secondary

#AAAECF

accent

#64D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB362

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

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