#BCB175#BCB175

#BCB175 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.080 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB175
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -4.95, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 32.51, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0127 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.08 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6727, 43.4211, 23.1174)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB175 #7580BC

analogous

#BC8E75 #BCB175 #A4BC75

triadic

#BCB175 #75BCB1 #B175BC

tetradic

#BCB175 #75BC8E #7580BC #BC75A4

square

#BCB175 #75BC8E #7580BC #BC75A4

split-complementary

#BCB175 #75A4BC #8E75BC

monochromatic

#7B713C #A49750 #BCB175 #D0C89E #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB175

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB175	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)

#BCAE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.080 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89d',
    500: '#bcb175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb175;
$custom-light: #d1c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75553,
    "c": 0.08014,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB175

secondary

#B9BDD4

accent

#6ECB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB175

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

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