#BCB85F#BCB85F

#BCB85F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB85F
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -10.89, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 46.59, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0317 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.112 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9461, 45.7997, 17.5602)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB85F #5F63BC

analogous

#BC895F #BCB85F #92BC5F

triadic

#BCB85F #5FBCB8 #B85FBC

tetradic

#BCB85F #5FBC89 #5F63BC #BC5F92

square

#BCB85F #5FBC89 #5F63BC #BC5F92

split-complementary

#BCB85F #5F92BC #895FBC

monochromatic

#716E2F #9C9841 #BCB85F #CECB8A #E0DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB85F

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB85F	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)

#C5B257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8e',
    500: '#bcb85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb85f;
$custom-light: #d2cd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.419,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76704,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB85F

secondary

#A8AACF

accent

#5CD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB85F

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

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