#BCB264#BCB264

#BCB264 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.100 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB264
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -7.29, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 41.58, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0209 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.1 102)
XYZ	xyz(38.9607, 43.4535, 18.3892)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB264 #646EBC

analogous

#BC8664 #BCB264 #9ABC64

triadic

#BCB264 #64BCB2 #B264BC

tetradic

#BCB264 #64BC86 #646EBC #BC649A

square

#BCB264 #64BC86 #646EBC #BC649A

split-complementary

#BCB264 #649ABC #8664BC

monochromatic

#746C32 #9E9444 #BCB264 #CEC78F #E1DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB264

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB264	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)

#BFAD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.100 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c892',
    500: '#bcb264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb264;
$custom-light: #d2c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB264

secondary

#ACB0D0

accent

#66D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB264

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

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