#BCB072#BCB072

#BCB072 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.083 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB072
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -4.77, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 33.64, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0123 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.083 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3024, 42.9581, 22.1377)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB072 #727EBC

analogous

#BC8B72 #BCB072 #A3BC72

triadic

#BCB072 #72BCB0 #B072BC

tetradic

#BCB072 #72BC8B #727EBC #BC72A3

square

#BCB072 #72BC8B #727EBC #BC72A3

split-complementary

#BCB072 #72A3BC #8B72BC

monochromatic

#7A6F3A #A3954E #BCB072 #D0C79B #E3DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCB072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB072

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB072	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.083 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c79b',
    500: '#bcb072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb072;
$custom-light: #d1c79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7529,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB072

secondary

#B6BBD3

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB072

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

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