#BCB177#BCB177

#BCB177 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.078 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB177
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -4.72, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 31.48, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0118 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.078 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7916, 43.4687, 23.7434)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB177 #7782BC

analogous

#BC8F77 #BCB177 #A4BC77

triadic

#BCB177 #77BCB1 #B177BC

tetradic

#BCB177 #77BC8F #7782BC #BC77A4

square

#BCB177 #77BC8F #7782BC #BC77A4

split-complementary

#BCB177 #77A4BC #8F77BC

monochromatic

#7C723D #A59751 #BCB177 #D0C9A0 #E4E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB177

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB177	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)

#BCAE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.078 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89f',
    500: '#bcb177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb177;
$custom-light: #d1c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.07777,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB177

secondary

#BABED5

accent

#4BAD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB177

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

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