#BCBA62#BCBA62

#BCBA62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.111 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA62
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -11.64, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 46.02, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0336 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.111 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5034, 46.6920, 18.4317)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA62 #6264BC

analogous

#BC8D62 #BCBA62 #91BC62

triadic

#BCBA62 #62BCBA #BA62BC

tetradic

#BCBA62 #62BC8D #6264BC #BC6291

square

#BCBA62 #62BC8D #6264BC #BC6291

split-complementary

#BCBA62 #6291BC #8D62BC

monochromatic

#737131 #9E9C43 #BCBA62 #CECD8D #E1E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCBA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA62

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA62	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.111 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce91',
    500: '#bcba62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba62;
$custom-light: #d2ce91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77175,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA62

secondary

#AAABCF

accent

#5AD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA62

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

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