#BCB266#BCB266

#BCB266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB266
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -7.10, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 40.58, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0201 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0586, 43.4927, 18.9052)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB266 #6670BC

analogous

#BC8766 #BCB266 #9BBC66

triadic

#BCB266 #66BCB2 #B266BC

tetradic

#BCB266 #66BC87 #6670BC #BC669B

square

#BCB266 #66BC87 #6670BC #BC669B

split-complementary

#BCB266 #669BBC #8766BC

monochromatic

#756D33 #9F9546 #BCB266 #CFC791 #E1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCB266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB266

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB266	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c893',
    500: '#bcb266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb266;
$custom-light: #d2c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB266

secondary

#ADB1D0

accent

#67CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB266

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

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