#BCB65A#BCB65A

#BCB65A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB65A
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -10.29, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 48.13, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0305 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.115 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3135, 44.8866, 16.2640)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB65A #5A60BC

analogous

#BC855A #BCB65A #91BC5A

triadic

#BCB65A #5ABCB6 #B65ABC

tetradic

#BCB65A #5ABC85 #5A60BC #BC5A91

square

#BCB65A #5ABC85 #5A60BC #BC5A91

split-complementary

#BCB65A #5A91BC #855ABC

monochromatic

#6F6B2D #9A953F #BCB65A #CEC986 #DFDDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB65A

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB65A	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8b',
    500: '#bcb65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb65a;
$custom-light: #d2cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB65A

secondary

#A4A7CE

accent

#5DD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB65A

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

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