#BCB073#BCB073

#BCB073 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.081 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB073
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -4.65, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 33.13, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0119 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.081 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3596, 42.9810, 22.4392)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB073 #737FBC

analogous

#BC8C73 #BCB073 #A4BC73

triadic

#BCB073 #73BCB0 #B073BC

tetradic

#BCB073 #73BC8C #737FBC #BC73A4

square

#BCB073 #73BC8C #737FBC #BC73A4

split-complementary

#BCB073 #73A4BC #8C73BC

monochromatic

#7A703A #A4964E #BCB073 #D0C79C #E4DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB073

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB073	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.081 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c79c',
    500: '#bcb073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb073;
$custom-light: #d1c79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75307,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB073

secondary

#B7BCD4

accent

#6FCB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB073

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

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