#BCB45E#BCB45E

#BCB45E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB45E
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -8.90, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 45.37, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0261 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.109 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0817, 44.1432, 17.0493)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB45E #5E66BC

analogous

#BC855E #BCB45E #95BC5E

triadic

#BCB45E #5EBCB4 #B45EBC

tetradic

#BCB45E #5EBC85 #5E66BC #BC5E95

square

#BCB45E #5EBC85 #5E66BC #BC5E95

split-complementary

#BCB45E #5E95BC #855EBC

monochromatic

#716B2F #9C9441 #BCB45E #CEC889 #E0DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB45E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB45E	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8e',
    500: '#bcb45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb45e;
$custom-light: #d2ca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75833,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB45E

secondary

#A7ABCF

accent

#61D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB45E

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

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