#BCB45F#BCB45F

#BCB45F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.108 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB45F
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -8.81, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 44.88, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0258 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.108 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1269, 44.1613, 17.2872)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB45F #5F67BC

analogous

#BC855F #BCB45F #95BC5F

triadic

#BCB45F #5FBCB4 #B45FBC

tetradic

#BCB45F #5FBC85 #5F67BC #BC5F95

square

#BCB45F #5FBC85 #5F67BC #BC5F95

split-complementary

#BCB45F #5F95BC #855FBC

monochromatic

#716C2F #9C9541 #BCB45F #CEC88A #E0DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB45F

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB45F	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)

#C1AF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.108 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8e',
    500: '#bcb45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb45f;
$custom-light: #d2ca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.839,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75846,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB45F

secondary

#A8ABCF

accent

#61D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB45F

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

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