#BCB962#BCB962

#BCB962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB962
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -11.12, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 45.57, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0321 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.11 107)
XYZ	xyz(40.2935, 46.2722, 18.3618)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB962 #6265BC

analogous

#BC8C62 #BCB962 #92BC62

triadic

#BCB962 #62BCB9 #B962BC

tetradic

#BCB962 #62BC8C #6265BC #BC6292

square

#BCB962 #62BC8C #6265BC #BC6292

split-complementary

#BCB962 #6292BC #8C62BC

monochromatic

#737031 #9E9B43 #BCB962 #CECC8D #E1DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB962

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB962	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)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd91',
    500: '#bcb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb962;
$custom-light: #d2cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7696,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB962

secondary

#AAACCF

accent

#5CD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB962

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

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