#BCB263#BCB263

#BCB263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB263
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -7.39, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 42.08, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0213 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9126, 43.4342, 18.1358)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB263 #636DBC

analogous

#BC8663 #BCB263 #9ABC63

triadic

#BCB263 #63BCB2 #B263BC

tetradic

#BCB263 #63BC86 #636DBC #BC639A

square

#BCB263 #63BC86 #636DBC #BC639A

split-complementary

#BCB263 #639ABC #8663BC

monochromatic

#736C31 #9E9444 #BCB263 #CEC78E #E1DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB263

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB263	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)

#BFAD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c891',
    500: '#bcb263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb263;
$custom-light: #d2c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75476,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB263

secondary

#ABAFD0

accent

#65D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB263

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

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