#BCB462#BCB462

#BCB462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB462
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -8.53, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 43.41, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0246 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.105 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2659, 44.2169, 18.0192)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB462 #626ABC

analogous

#BC8762 #BCB462 #97BC62

triadic

#BCB462 #62BCB4 #B462BC

tetradic

#BCB462 #62BC87 #626ABC #BC6297

square

#BCB462 #62BC87 #626ABC #BC6297

split-complementary

#BCB462 #6297BC #8762BC

monochromatic

#736D31 #9E9643 #BCB462 #CEC88D #E1DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB462

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB462	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#C1AF5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca90',
    500: '#bcb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb462;
$custom-light: #d2ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB462

secondary

#AAAECF

accent

#62D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB462

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

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