#BCBA5D#BCBA5D

#BCBA5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA5D
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -12.09, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 48.42, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0354 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.116 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2747, 46.6005, 17.2270)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA5D #5D5FBC

analogous

#BC8B5D #BCBA5D #8EBC5D

triadic

#BCBA5D #5DBCBA #BA5DBC

tetradic

#BCBA5D #5DBC8B #5D5FBC #BC5D8E

square

#BCBA5D #5DBC8B #5D5FBC #BC5D8E

split-complementary

#BCBA5D #5D8EBC #8B5DBC

monochromatic

#706F2E #9B9A40 #BCBA5D #CECC88 #E0DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCBA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA5D

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA5D	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce8d',
    500: '#bcba5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba5d;
$custom-light: #d2ce8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA5D

secondary

#A6A7CE

accent

#59D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA5D

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

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