#BCB85C#BCB85C

#BCB85C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB85C
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -11.15, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 48.03, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0328 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.115 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8123, 45.7462, 16.8558)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB85C #5C60BC

analogous

#BC885C #BCB85C #90BC5C

triadic

#BCB85C #5CBCB8 #B85CBC

tetradic

#BCB85C #5CBC88 #5C60BC #BC5C90

square

#BCB85C #5CBC88 #5C60BC #BC5C90

split-complementary

#BCB85C #5C90BC #885CBC

monochromatic

#706D2E #9B9740 #BCB85C #CECB87 #E0DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB85C

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB85C	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)

#C5B253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8c',
    500: '#bcb85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb85c;
$custom-light: #d2cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB85C

secondary

#A6A7CE

accent

#5BD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB85C

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

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