#BCB074#BCB074

#BCB074 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.080 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB074
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -4.54, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 32.61, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0115 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.08 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4175, 43.0041, 22.7439)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB074 #7480BC

analogous

#BC8C74 #BCB074 #A4BC74

triadic

#BCB074 #74BCB0 #B074BC

tetradic

#BCB074 #74BC8C #7480BC #BC74A4

square

#BCB074 #74BC8C #7480BC #BC74A4

split-complementary

#BCB074 #74A4BC #8C74BC

monochromatic

#7B703B #A4964F #BCB074 #D0C79D #E4DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB074

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB074	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)

#BBAD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.080 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c79c',
    500: '#bcb074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb074;
$custom-light: #d1c79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75325,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB074

secondary

#B8BDD4

accent

#6FCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB074

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

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