#BCBC5E#BCBC5E

#BCBC5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.117 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC5E
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -13.03, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 48.83, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0379 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.117 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7436, 47.4669, 17.6033)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC5E #5E5EBC

analogous

#BC8D5E #BCBC5E #8DBC5E

triadic

#BCBC5E #5EBCBC #BC5EBC

tetradic

#BCBC5E #5EBC8D #5E5EBC #BC5E8D

square

#BCBC5E #5EBC8D #5E5EBC #BC5E8D

split-complementary

#BCBC5E #5E8DBC #8D5EBC

monochromatic

#71712F #9C9C41 #BCBC5E #CECE89 #E0E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCBC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC5E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC5E	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.117 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08e',
    500: '#bcbc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc5e;
$custom-light: #d2d08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77554,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC5E

secondary

#A7A7CF

accent

#57D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC5E

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

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