#BCB168#BCB168

#BCB168 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.095 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB168
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -6.37, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 39.16, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0178 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.095 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9608, 43.1363, 19.3679)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB168 #6873BC

analogous

#BC8768 #BCB168 #9DBC68

triadic

#BCB168 #68BCB1 #B168BC

tetradic

#BCB168 #68BC87 #6873BC #BC689D

square

#BCB168 #68BC87 #6873BC #BC689D

split-complementary

#BCB168 #689DBC #8768BC

monochromatic

#756D34 #A09447 #BCB168 #CFC792 #E2DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCB168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB168

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB168	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.095 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c894',
    500: '#bcb168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb168;
$custom-light: #d2c894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB168

secondary

#AFB3D1

accent

#69CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB168

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

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