#BCB160#BCB160

#BCB160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.104 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB160
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -7.15, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 43.15, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0209 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.104 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5736, 42.9814, 17.3284)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB160 #606BBC

analogous

#BC8360 #BCB160 #99BC60

triadic

#BCB160 #60BCB1 #B160BC

tetradic

#BCB160 #60BC83 #606BBC #BC6099

square

#BCB160 #60BC83 #606BBC #BC6099

split-complementary

#BCB160 #6099BC #8360BC

monochromatic

#726A30 #9D9242 #BCB160 #CEC68B #E0DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB160

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB160	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)

#BEAC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.104 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88f',
    500: '#bcb160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb160;
$custom-light: #d2c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75221,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB160

secondary

#A9ADCF

accent

#66D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB160

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

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