#BCB85B#BCB85B

#BCB85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB85B
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -11.24, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 48.50, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0331 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.116 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7689, 45.7288, 16.6271)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB85B #5B5FBC

analogous

#BC885B #BCB85B #8FBC5B

triadic

#BCB85B #5BBCB8 #B85BBC

tetradic

#BCB85B #5BBC88 #5B5FBC #BC5B8F

square

#BCB85B #5BBC88 #5B5FBC #BC5B8F

split-complementary

#BCB85B #5B8FBC #885BBC

monochromatic

#6F6C2D #9B973F #BCB85B #CECB86 #E0DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB85B

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB85B	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8c',
    500: '#bcb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb85b;
$custom-light: #d2cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76652,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB85B

secondary

#A5A7CE

accent

#5BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB85B

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

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