#BCB166#BCB166

#BCB166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB166
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -6.57, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 40.16, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0186 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(38.8604, 43.0962, 18.8392)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB166 #6671BC

analogous

#BC8666 #BCB166 #9CBC66

triadic

#BCB166 #66BCB1 #B166BC

tetradic

#BCB166 #66BC86 #6671BC #BC669C

square

#BCB166 #66BC86 #6671BC #BC669C

split-complementary

#BCB166 #669CBC #8666BC

monochromatic

#756C33 #9F9446 #BCB166 #CFC791 #E1DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB166

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB166	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c893',
    500: '#bcb166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb166;
$custom-light: #d2c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75307,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.43095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB166

secondary

#ADB2D0

accent

#68CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB166

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

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