#BCB173#BCB173

#BCB173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.082 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB173
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -5.18, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 33.55, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0135 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.082 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5564, 43.3746, 22.5048)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB173 #737EBC

analogous

#BC8D73 #BCB173 #A3BC73

triadic

#BCB173 #73BCB1 #B173BC

tetradic

#BCB173 #73BC8D #737EBC #BC73A3

square

#BCB173 #73BC8D #737EBC #BC73A3

split-complementary

#BCB173 #73A3BC #8D73BC

monochromatic

#7A713A #A4974E #BCB173 #D0C89C #E4DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCB173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB173

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB173	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)

#BCAD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.082 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89c',
    500: '#bcb173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb173;
$custom-light: #d1c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB173

secondary

#B7BBD4

accent

#6DCB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB173

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

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