#BCB465#BCB465

#BCB465 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.101 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB465
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -8.24, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 41.92, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0235 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.101 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4102, 44.2746, 18.7793)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB465 #656DBC

analogous

#BC8965 #BCB465 #99BC65

triadic

#BCB465 #65BCB4 #B465BC

tetradic

#BCB465 #65BC89 #656DBC #BC6599

square

#BCB465 #65BC89 #656DBC #BC6599

split-complementary

#BCB465 #6599BC #8965BC

monochromatic

#746E33 #9F9645 #BCB465 #CFC990 #E1DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB465

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB465	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)

#C1AF5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.101 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca92',
    500: '#bcb465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb465;
$custom-light: #d2ca92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB465

secondary

#ADB0D0

accent

#63CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB465

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

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