#BCB26D#BCB26D

#BCB26D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.090 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB26D
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -6.37, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 37.04, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0174 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.09 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4206, 43.6374, 20.8114)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB26D #6D77BC

analogous

#BC8A6D #BCB26D #9EBC6D

triadic

#BCB26D #6DBCB2 #B26DBC

tetradic

#BCB26D #6DBC8A #6D77BC #BC6D9E

square

#BCB26D #6DBC8A #6D77BC #BC6D9E

split-complementary

#BCB26D #6D9EBC #8A6DBC

monochromatic

#786F37 #A2974A #BCB26D #CFC897 #E3DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCB26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB26D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB26D	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.090 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c898',
    500: '#bcb26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb26d;
$custom-light: #d1c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB26D

secondary

#B3B7D2

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB26D

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

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