#BCB862#BCB862

#BCB862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB862
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -10.61, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 45.13, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0306 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.109 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0851, 45.8553, 18.2923)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB862 #6266BC

analogous

#BC8B62 #BCB862 #93BC62

triadic

#BCB862 #62BCB8 #B862BC

tetradic

#BCB862 #62BC8B #6266BC #BC6293

square

#BCB862 #62BC8B #6266BC #BC6293

split-complementary

#BCB862 #6293BC #8B62BC

monochromatic

#737031 #9E9A43 #BCB862 #CECB8D #E1DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB862

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB862	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd90',
    500: '#bcb862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb862;
$custom-light: #d2cd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76745,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB862

secondary

#AAACCF

accent

#5DD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB862

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

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