#BCB960#BCB960

#BCB960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB960
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -11.31, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 46.54, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0328 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.112 107)
XYZ	xyz(40.2003, 46.2349, 17.8706)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB960 #6063BC

analogous

#BC8B60 #BCB960 #91BC60

triadic

#BCB960 #60BCB9 #B960BC

tetradic

#BCB960 #60BC8B #6063BC #BC6091

square

#BCB960 #60BC8B #6063BC #BC6091

split-complementary

#BCB960 #6091BC #8B60BC

monochromatic

#727030 #9D9A42 #BCB960 #CECC8B #E0DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCB960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB960

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB960	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd8f',
    500: '#bcb960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb960;
$custom-light: #d2cd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.043,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB960

secondary

#A9AACF

accent

#5BD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB960

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

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