#BCB167#BCB167

#BCB167 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.096 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB167
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 103)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 45.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -6.47, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 39.66, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0182 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.096 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9103, 43.1161, 19.1019)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB167 #6772BC

analogous

#BC8767 #BCB167 #9DBC67

triadic

#BCB167 #67BCB1 #B167BC

tetradic

#BCB167 #67BC87 #6772BC #BC679D

square

#BCB167 #67BC87 #6772BC #BC679D

split-complementary

#BCB167 #679DBC #8767BC

monochromatic

#756D34 #9F9446 #BCB167 #CFC791 #E1DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCB167 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB167

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB167	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)

#BDAD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.096 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c894',
    500: '#bcb167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb167;
$custom-light: #d2c894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 38.813,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75323,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB167

secondary

#AEB3D1

accent

#68CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB167

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

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