#BCB170#BCB170

#BCB170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.086 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB170
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -5.52, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 35.09, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0147 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.086 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3866, 43.3067, 21.6104)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB170 #707BBC

analogous

#BC8B70 #BCB170 #A1BC70

triadic

#BCB170 #70BCB1 #B170BC

tetradic

#BCB170 #70BC8B #707BBC #BC70A1

square

#BCB170 #70BC8B #707BBC #BC70A1

split-complementary

#BCB170 #70A1BC #8B70BC

monochromatic

#797039 #A3964C #BCB170 #D0C89A #E3DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCB170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB170

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB170	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.086 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89a',
    500: '#bcb170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb170;
$custom-light: #d1c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75467,
    "c": 0.08595,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB170

secondary

#B5B9D3

accent

#6CCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB170

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

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