#BCB174#BCB174

#BCB174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.081 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB174
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -5.07, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 33.03, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0131 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.081 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6143, 43.3977, 22.8095)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB174 #747FBC

analogous

#BC8D74 #BCB174 #A3BC74

triadic

#BCB174 #74BCB1 #B174BC

tetradic

#BCB174 #74BC8D #747FBC #BC74A3

square

#BCB174 #74BC8D #747FBC #BC74A3

split-complementary

#BCB174 #74A3BC #8D74BC

monochromatic

#7B713B #A4974F #BCB174 #D0C89D #E4DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB174

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB174	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.081 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89d',
    500: '#bcb174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb174;
$custom-light: #d1c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.08131,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB174

secondary

#B8BCD4

accent

#6ECB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB174

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

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