#BCB162#BCB162

#BCB162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB162
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -6.96, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 42.16, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0201 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6668, 43.0187, 17.8195)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB162 #626DBC

analogous

#BC8462 #BCB162 #9ABC62

triadic

#BCB162 #62BCB1 #B162BC

tetradic

#BCB162 #62BC84 #626DBC #BC629A

square

#BCB162 #62BC84 #626DBC #BC629A

split-complementary

#BCB162 #629ABC #8462BC

monochromatic

#736B31 #9E9343 #BCB162 #CEC68D #E1DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB162

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB162	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)

#BEAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c890',
    500: '#bcb162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb162;
$custom-light: #d2c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB162

secondary

#AAAFCF

accent

#66D058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB162

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

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