#BCB169#BCB169

#BCB169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.094 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB169
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 105)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -6.27, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 38.65, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0174 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.094 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0119, 43.1568, 19.6369)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB169 #6974BC

analogous

#BC8769 #BCB169 #9EBC69

triadic

#BCB169 #69BCB1 #B169BC

tetradic

#BCB169 #69BC87 #6974BC #BC699E

square

#BCB169 #69BC87 #6974BC #BC699E

split-complementary

#BCB169 #699EBC #8769BC

monochromatic

#766D35 #A09448 #BCB169 #CFC793 #E2DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCB169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB169

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB169	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)

#BDAD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.094 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c895',
    500: '#bcb169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb169;
$custom-light: #d2c895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB169

secondary

#B0B4D1

accent

#69CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB169

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

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