#BCBA5F#BCBA5F

#BCBA5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.114 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA5F
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -11.92, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 47.47, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0346 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.114 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3644, 46.6364, 17.6997)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA5F #5F61BC

analogous

#BC8B5F #BCBA5F #8FBC5F

triadic

#BCBA5F #5FBCBA #BA5FBC

tetradic

#BCBA5F #5FBC8B #5F61BC #BC5F8F

square

#BCBA5F #5FBC8B #5F61BC #BC5F8F

split-complementary

#BCBA5F #5F8FBC #8B5FBC

monochromatic

#71702F #9C9A41 #BCBA5F #CECD8A #E0DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA5F

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA5F	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.114 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce8f',
    500: '#bcba5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba5f;
$custom-light: #d2ce8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA5F

secondary

#A8A9CF

accent

#5AD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA5F

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

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