#BCB95B#BCB95B

#BCB95B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB95B
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -11.76, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 48.93, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0346 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.117 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9773, 46.1457, 16.6966)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB95B #5B5EBC

analogous

#BC885B #BCB95B #8FBC5B

triadic

#BCB95B #5BBCB9 #B95BBC

tetradic

#BCB95B #5BBC88 #5B5EBC #BC5B8F

square

#BCB95B #5BBC88 #5B5EBC #BC5B8F

split-complementary

#BCB95B #5B8FBC #885BBC

monochromatic

#6F6D2D #9B983F #BCB95B #CECC86 #E0DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCB95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB95B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB95B	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8c',
    500: '#bcb95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb95b;
$custom-light: #d2cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76868,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB95B

secondary

#A5A6CE

accent

#5AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB95B

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

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