#BCB061#BCB061

#BCB061 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.101 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB061
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -6.53, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 42.25, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.019 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.101 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4231, 42.6064, 17.5068)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB061 #616DBC

analogous

#BC8261 #BCB061 #9ABC61

triadic

#BCB061 #61BCB0 #B061BC

tetradic

#BCB061 #61BC82 #616DBC #BC619A

square

#BCB061 #61BC82 #616DBC #BC619A

split-complementary

#BCB061 #619ABC #8261BC

monochromatic

#726A30 #9D9143 #BCB061 #CEC58C #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCB061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCB061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB061

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB061	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.101 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c78f',
    500: '#bcb061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb061;
$custom-light: #d2c78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB061

secondary

#AAAFCF

accent

#67D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB061

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

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