#BCB460#BCB460

#BCB460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.107 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB460
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -8.72, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 44.39, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0254 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.107 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1726, 44.1796, 17.5281)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB460 #6068BC

analogous

#BC8660 #BCB460 #96BC60

triadic

#BCB460 #60BCB4 #B460BC

tetradic

#BCB460 #60BC86 #6068BC #BC6096

square

#BCB460 #60BC86 #6068BC #BC6096

split-complementary

#BCB460 #6096BC #8660BC

monochromatic

#726C30 #9D9542 #BCB460 #CEC88B #E0DDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB460

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB460	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.107 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca8f',
    500: '#bcb460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb460;
$custom-light: #d2ca8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7586,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB460

secondary

#A9ACCF

accent

#62D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB460

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

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