#BCB17C#BCB17C

#BCB17C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.072 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB17C
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 34%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -4.11, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 28.88, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0098 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.072 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0998, 43.5919, 25.3666)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB17C #7C87BC

analogous

#BC917C #BCB17C #A7BC7C

triadic

#BCB17C #7CBCB1 #B17CBC

tetradic

#BCB17C #7CBC91 #7C87BC #BC7CA7

square

#BCB17C #7CBC91 #7C87BC #BC7CA7

split-complementary

#BCB17C #7CA7BC #917CBC

monochromatic

#7D7340 #A69855 #BCB17C #D1C9A4 #E5E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCB17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB17C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB17C	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.072 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a2',
    500: '#bcb17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb17c;
$custom-light: #d1c8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.687,
    "s": 32.323,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75682,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB17C

secondary

#BEC2D6

accent

#4EAB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB17C

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

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