#BCB45C#BCB45C

#BCB45C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB45C
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -9.08, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 46.34, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0268 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.111 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.9931, 44.1078, 16.5828)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB45C #5C64BC

analogous

#BC845C #BCB45C #94BC5C

triadic

#BCB45C #5CBCB4 #B45CBC

tetradic

#BCB45C #5CBC84 #5C64BC #BC5C94

square

#BCB45C #5CBC84 #5C64BC #BC5C94

split-complementary

#BCB45C #5C94BC #845CBC

monochromatic

#706A2E #9B9340 #BCB45C #CEC887 #E0DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB45C

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB45C	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)

#C1AF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8c',
    500: '#bcb45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb45c;
$custom-light: #d2ca8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75807,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.44107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB45C

secondary

#A6A9CE

accent

#61D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB45C

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

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