#BCBA74#BCBA74

#BCBA74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.091 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA74
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -9.77, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 37.06, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0266 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.091 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4509, 47.0710, 23.4217)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA74 #7476BC

analogous

#BC9674 #BCBA74 #9ABC74

triadic

#BCBA74 #74BCBA #BA74BC

tetradic

#BCBA74 #74BC96 #7476BC #BC749A

square

#BCBA74 #74BC96 #7476BC #BC749A

split-complementary

#BCBA74 #749ABC #9674BC

monochromatic

#7B793B #A4A14F #BCBA74 #D0CE9D #E4E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCBA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA74

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA74	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.091 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce9d',
    500: '#bcba74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba74;
$custom-light: #d1ce9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77447,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA74

secondary

#B8B9D4

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA74

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

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