#BCBA66#BCBA66

#BCBA66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA66
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -11.25, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 44.07, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0321 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.107 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6970, 46.7695, 19.4514)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA66 #6668BC

analogous

#BC8F66 #BCBA66 #93BC66

triadic

#BCBA66 #66BCBA #BA66BC

tetradic

#BCBA66 #66BC8F #6668BC #BC6693

square

#BCBA66 #66BC8F #6668BC #BC6693

split-complementary

#BCBA66 #6693BC #8F66BC

monochromatic

#757333 #9F9D46 #BCBA66 #CFCD91 #E1E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCBA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA66

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA66	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce93',
    500: '#bcba66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba66;
$custom-light: #d2ce93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7723,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA66

secondary

#ADAED0

accent

#5CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA66

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

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