#BCB65E#BCB65E

#BCB65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB65E
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -9.94, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 46.21, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0291 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.111 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4884, 44.9566, 17.1849)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB65E #5E64BC

analogous

#BC875E #BCB65E #93BC5E

triadic

#BCB65E #5EBCB6 #B65EBC

tetradic

#BCB65E #5EBC87 #5E64BC #BC5E93

square

#BCB65E #5EBC87 #5E64BC #BC5E93

split-complementary

#BCB65E #5E93BC #875EBC

monochromatic

#716C2F #9C9641 #BCB65E #CECA89 #E0DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BCB65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB65E

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB65E	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb8e',
    500: '#bcb65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb65e;
$custom-light: #d2cb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76261,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB65E

secondary

#A7AACF

accent

#5FD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB65E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →