#BCB269#BCB269

#BCB269 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.095 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB269
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -6.79, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 39.07, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.019 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.095 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2101, 43.5533, 19.7030)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB269 #6973BC

analogous

#BC8869 #BCB269 #9DBC69

triadic

#BCB269 #69BCB2 #B269BC

tetradic

#BCB269 #69BC88 #6973BC #BC699D

square

#BCB269 #69BC88 #6973BC #BC699D

split-complementary

#BCB269 #699DBC #8869BC

monochromatic

#766E35 #A09648 #BCB269 #CFC893 #E2DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCB269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB269

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB269	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.095 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c895',
    500: '#bcb269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb269;
$custom-light: #d2c895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB269

secondary

#B0B4D1

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB269

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

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