#BCB265#BCB265

#BCB265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.099 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB265
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -7.20, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 41.08, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0205 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.099 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0094, 43.4730, 18.6456)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB265 #656FBC

analogous

#BC8765 #BCB265 #9BBC65

triadic

#BCB265 #65BCB2 #B265BC

tetradic

#BCB265 #65BC87 #656FBC #BC659B

square

#BCB265 #65BC87 #656FBC #BC659B

split-complementary

#BCB265 #659BBC #8765BC

monochromatic

#746D33 #9F9445 #BCB265 #CFC790 #E1DDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB265

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB265	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)

#BFAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.099 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c892',
    500: '#bcb265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb265;
$custom-light: #d2c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB265

secondary

#ADB1D0

accent

#66CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB265

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

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