#BCB85E#BCB85E

#BCB85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB85E
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -10.98, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 47.07, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0321 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.113 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9009, 45.7816, 17.3224)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB85E #5E62BC

analogous

#BC895E #BCB85E #91BC5E

triadic

#BCB85E #5EBCB8 #B85EBC

tetradic

#BCB85E #5EBC89 #5E62BC #BC5E91

square

#BCB85E #5EBC89 #5E62BC #BC5E91

split-complementary

#BCB85E #5E91BC #895EBC

monochromatic

#716E2F #9C9841 #BCB85E #CECB89 #E0DEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB85E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB85E	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8e',
    500: '#bcb85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb85e;
$custom-light: #d2cd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76691,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB85E

secondary

#A7A9CF

accent

#5CD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB85E

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

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