#BCB176#BCB176

#BCB176 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.079 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB176
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -4.83, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 32.00, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0122 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.079 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7318, 43.4448, 23.4287)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB176 #7681BC

analogous

#BC8E76 #BCB176 #A4BC76

triadic

#BCB176 #76BCB1 #B176BC

tetradic

#BCB176 #76BC8E #7681BC #BC76A4

square

#BCB176 #76BC8E #7681BC #BC76A4

split-complementary

#BCB176 #76A4BC #8E76BC

monochromatic

#7B713C #A49750 #BCB176 #D0C89F #E4E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB176

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB176	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.079 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89e',
    500: '#bcb176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb176;
$custom-light: #d1c89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75571,
    "c": 0.07896,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB176

secondary

#B9BED4

accent

#6FCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB176

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

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