#BCBA72#BCBA72

#BCBA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.094 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA72
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -10.00, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 38.07, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0274 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.094 107)
XYZ	xyz(41.3358, 47.0250, 22.8156)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA72 #7274BC

analogous

#BC9572 #BCBA72 #99BC72

triadic

#BCBA72 #72BCBA #BA72BC

tetradic

#BCBA72 #72BC95 #7274BC #BC7299

square

#BCBA72 #72BC95 #7274BC #BC7299

split-complementary

#BCBA72 #7299BC #9572BC

monochromatic

#7A783A #A3A14E #BCBA72 #D0CE9B #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA72

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA72	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)

#C5B56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.094 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce9b',
    500: '#bcba72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba72;
$custom-light: #d1ce9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77414,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.47024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA72

secondary

#B6B7D3

accent

#5FCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA72

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

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