#BCB65B#BCB65B

#BCB65B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB65B
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -10.21, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 47.65, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0302 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.114 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3564, 44.9038, 16.4896)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB65B #5B61BC

analogous

#BC865B #BCB65B #91BC5B

triadic

#BCB65B #5BBCB6 #B65BBC

tetradic

#BCB65B #5BBC86 #5B61BC #BC5B91

square

#BCB65B #5BBC86 #5B61BC #BC5B91

split-complementary

#BCB65B #5B91BC #865BBC

monochromatic

#6F6B2D #9B953F #BCB65B #CEC986 #E0DDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB65B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB65B	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)

#C3B053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8c',
    500: '#bcb65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb65b;
$custom-light: #d2cb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.289,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB65B

secondary

#A5A7CE

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB65B

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

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