#BCB45A#BCB45A

#BCB45A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB45A
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -9.26, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 47.30, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0276 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.113 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9069, 44.0733, 16.1284)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB45A #5A62BC

analogous

#BC835A #BCB45A #93BC5A

triadic

#BCB45A #5ABCB4 #B45ABC

tetradic

#BCB45A #5ABC83 #5A62BC #BC5A93

square

#BCB45A #5ABC83 #5A62BC #BC5A93

split-complementary

#BCB45A #5A93BC #835ABC

monochromatic

#6F692D #9A933F #BCB45A #CEC886 #DFDCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB45A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB45A	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8b',
    500: '#bcb45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb45a;
$custom-light: #d2ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75781,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB45A

secondary

#A4A8CE

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB45A

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

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