#BCB65C#BCB65C

#BCB65C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB65C
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -10.12, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 47.17, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0298 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.113 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3998, 44.9211, 16.7183)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB65C #5C62BC

analogous

#BC865C #BCB65C #92BC5C

triadic

#BCB65C #5CBCB6 #B65CBC

tetradic

#BCB65C #5CBC86 #5C62BC #BC5C92

square

#BCB65C #5CBC86 #5C62BC #BC5C92

split-complementary

#BCB65C #5C92BC #865CBC

monochromatic

#706C2E #9B9540 #BCB65C #CEC987 #E0DDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB65C

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB65C	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)

#C3B054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8c',
    500: '#bcb65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb65c;
$custom-light: #d2cb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76235,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB65C

secondary

#A6A8CE

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB65C

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

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