#BCB45B#BCB45B

#BCB45B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB45B
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -9.17, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 46.82, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0272 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.112 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9497, 44.0904, 16.3541)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB45B #5B63BC

analogous

#BC845B #BCB45B #93BC5B

triadic

#BCB45B #5BBCB4 #B45BBC

tetradic

#BCB45B #5BBC84 #5B63BC #BC5B93

square

#BCB45B #5BBC84 #5B63BC #BC5B93

split-complementary

#BCB45B #5B93BC #845BBC

monochromatic

#6F6A2D #9B933F #BCB45B #CEC886 #E0DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB45B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB45B	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8c',
    500: '#bcb45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb45b;
$custom-light: #d2ca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75794,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB45B

secondary

#A5A8CE

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB45B

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

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