#BCBA5E#BCBA5E

#BCBA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.115 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA5E
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -12.01, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 47.94, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.035 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.115 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3193, 46.6184, 17.4618)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA5E #5E60BC

analogous

#BC8B5E #BCBA5E #8FBC5E

triadic

#BCBA5E #5EBCBA #BA5EBC

tetradic

#BCBA5E #5EBC8B #5E60BC #BC5E8F

square

#BCBA5E #5EBC8B #5E60BC #BC5E8F

split-complementary

#BCBA5E #5E8FBC #8B5EBC

monochromatic

#716F2F #9C9A41 #BCBA5E #CECD89 #E0DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCBA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA5E

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA5E	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)

#C7B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.115 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce8e',
    500: '#bcba5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba5e;
$custom-light: #d2ce8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA5E

secondary

#A7A8CF

accent

#59D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA5E

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

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