#BCB16D#BCB16D

#BCB16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.089 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB16D
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -5.85, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 36.62, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0159 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.089 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2223, 43.2410, 20.7453)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB16D #6D78BC

analogous

#BC896D #BCB16D #9FBC6D

triadic

#BCB16D #6DBCB1 #B16DBC

tetradic

#BCB16D #6DBC89 #6D78BC #BC6D9F

square

#BCB16D #6DBC89 #6D78BC #BC6D9F

split-complementary

#BCB16D #6D9FBC #896DBC

monochromatic

#786F37 #A2954A #BCB16D #CFC797 #E3DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB16D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB16D	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.089 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c898',
    500: '#bcb16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb16d;
$custom-light: #d1c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB16D

secondary

#B3B7D2

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB16D

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

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