#BCB94E#BCB94E

#BCB94E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.129 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB94E
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -12.79, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 54.90, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.039 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.129 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4643, 45.9405, 13.9948)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB94E #4E51BC

analogous

#BC824E #BCB94E #88BC4E

triadic

#BCB94E #4EBCB9 #B94EBC

tetradic

#BCB94E #4EBC82 #4E51BC #BC4E88

square

#BCB94E #4EBC82 #4E51BC #BC4E88

split-complementary

#BCB94E #4E88BC #824EBC

monochromatic

#686627 #959238 #BCB94E #CDCB7A #DEDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB94E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB94E	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.129 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd84',
    500: '#bcb94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb94e;
$custom-light: #d3cd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76719,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB94E

secondary

#9B9CCB

accent

#57D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB94E

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

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