#BCB172#BCB172

#BCB172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.084 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB172
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -5.29, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 34.06, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0139 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.084 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4992, 43.3517, 22.2033)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB172 #727DBC

analogous

#BC8C72 #BCB172 #A2BC72

triadic

#BCB172 #72BCB1 #B172BC

tetradic

#BCB172 #72BC8C #727DBC #BC72A2

square

#BCB172 #72BC8C #727DBC #BC72A2

split-complementary

#BCB172 #72A2BC #8C72BC

monochromatic

#7A703A #A3974E #BCB172 #D0C89B #E3DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB172

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB172	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.084 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89b',
    500: '#bcb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb172;
$custom-light: #d1c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.08364,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB172

secondary

#B6BBD3

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB172

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

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