#BCB85A#BCB85A

#BCB85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB85A
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -11.33, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 48.98, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0335 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.117 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7260, 45.7117, 16.4015)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB85A #5A5EBC

analogous

#BC875A #BCB85A #8FBC5A

triadic

#BCB85A #5ABCB8 #B85ABC

tetradic

#BCB85A #5ABC87 #5A5EBC #BC5A8F

square

#BCB85A #5ABC87 #5A5EBC #BC5A8F

split-complementary

#BCB85A #5A8FBC #875ABC

monochromatic

#6F6C2D #9A963F #BCB85A #CECB86 #DFDDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BCB85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB85A

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB85A	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8b',
    500: '#bcb85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb85a;
$custom-light: #d2cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7664,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB85A

secondary

#A4A6CE

accent

#5BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB85A

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

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