#BCB261#BCB261

#BCB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.103 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB261
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -7.58, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 43.07, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.022 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.103 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8181, 43.3965, 17.6385)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB261 #616BBC

analogous

#BC8461 #BCB261 #98BC61

triadic

#BCB261 #61BCB2 #B261BC

tetradic

#BCB261 #61BC84 #616BBC #BC6198

square

#BCB261 #61BC84 #616BBC #BC6198

split-complementary

#BCB261 #6198BC #8461BC

monochromatic

#726B30 #9D9343 #BCB261 #CEC78C #E0DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB261

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB261	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)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.103 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c890',
    500: '#bcb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb261;
$custom-light: #d2c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB261

secondary

#AAAECF

accent

#65D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB261

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

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