#BCBA70#BCBA70

#BCBA70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.096 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA70
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -10.22, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 39.08, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0282 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.096 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2232, 46.9799, 22.2226)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA70 #7072BC

analogous

#BC9470 #BCBA70 #98BC70

triadic

#BCBA70 #70BCBA #BA70BC

tetradic

#BCBA70 #70BC94 #7072BC #BC7098

square

#BCBA70 #70BC94 #7072BC #BC7098

split-complementary

#BCBA70 #7098BC #9470BC

monochromatic

#797739 #A3A04C #BCBA70 #D0CE9A #E3E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA70

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA70	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.096 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce9a',
    500: '#bcba70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba70;
$custom-light: #d1ce9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77381,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA70

secondary

#B5B6D3

accent

#5FCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA70

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

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