#BCB161#BCB161

#BCB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB161
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -7.06, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 42.66, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0205 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6199, 43.0000, 17.5724)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB161 #616CBC

analogous

#BC8361 #BCB161 #99BC61

triadic

#BCB161 #61BCB1 #B161BC

tetradic

#BCB161 #61BC83 #616CBC #BC6199

square

#BCB161 #61BC83 #616CBC #BC6199

split-complementary

#BCB161 #6199BC #8361BC

monochromatic

#726A30 #9D9243 #BCB161 #CEC68C #E0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB161

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB161	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)

#BEAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c88f',
    500: '#bcb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb161;
$custom-light: #d2c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75235,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB161

secondary

#AAAECF

accent

#66D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB161

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

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