#BCB06D#BCB06D

#BCB06D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.088 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB06D
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -5.32, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 36.21, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0143 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.088 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0255, 42.8474, 20.6797)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB06D #6D79BC

analogous

#BC886D #BCB06D #A0BC6D

triadic

#BCB06D #6DBCB0 #B06DBC

tetradic

#BCB06D #6DBC88 #6D79BC #BC6DA0

square

#BCB06D #6DBC88 #6D79BC #BC6DA0

split-complementary

#BCB06D #6DA0BC #886DBC

monochromatic

#786E37 #A2944A #BCB06D #CFC797 #E3DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCB06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB06D

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB06D	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.088 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c798',
    500: '#bcb06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb06d;
$custom-light: #d1c798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB06D

secondary

#B3B7D2

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB06D

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

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