#BCB85D#BCB85D

#BCB85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB85D
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -11.07, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 47.55, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0324 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.114 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8563, 45.7638, 17.0876)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB85D #5D61BC

analogous

#BC895D #BCB85D #90BC5D

triadic

#BCB85D #5DBCB8 #B85DBC

tetradic

#BCB85D #5DBC89 #5D61BC #BC5D90

square

#BCB85D #5DBC89 #5D61BC #BC5D90

split-complementary

#BCB85D #5D90BC #895DBC

monochromatic

#706D2E #9B9840 #BCB85D #CECB88 #E0DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB85D

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB85D	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)

#C5B255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8d',
    500: '#bcb85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb85d;
$custom-light: #d2cd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB85D

secondary

#A6A8CE

accent

#5CD156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB85D

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

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