#BCB464#BCB464

#BCB464 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.102 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB464
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 100)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -8.34, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 42.42, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0239 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.102 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3615, 44.2551, 18.5228)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB464 #646CBC

analogous

#BC8864 #BCB464 #98BC64

triadic

#BCB464 #64BCB4 #B464BC

tetradic

#BCB464 #64BC88 #646CBC #BC6498

square

#BCB464 #64BC88 #646CBC #BC6498

split-complementary

#BCB464 #6498BC #8864BC

monochromatic

#746E32 #9E9644 #BCB464 #CEC98F #E1DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB464

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB464	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.102 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca92',
    500: '#bcb464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb464;
$custom-light: #d2ca92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75916,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB464

secondary

#ACAFD0

accent

#63D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB464

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

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