#BCB45D#BCB45D

#BCB45D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB45D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -8.99, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 45.85, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0265 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.11 104)
XYZ	xyz(39.0371, 44.1254, 16.8145)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB45D #5D65BC

analogous

#BC845D #BCB45D #95BC5D

triadic

#BCB45D #5DBCB4 #B45DBC

tetradic

#BCB45D #5DBC84 #5D65BC #BC5D95

square

#BCB45D #5DBC84 #5D65BC #BC5D95

split-complementary

#BCB45D #5D95BC #845DBC

monochromatic

#706B2E #9B9440 #BCB45D #CEC888 #E0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB45D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB45D	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)

#C1AF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8d',
    500: '#bcb45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb45d;
$custom-light: #d2ca8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.947,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7582,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.44124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB45D

secondary

#A6AACE

accent

#61D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB45D

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

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