#BCB271#BCB271

#BCB271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB271
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -5.93, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 35.00, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0158 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6408, 43.7255, 21.9713)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB271 #717BBC

analogous

#BC8D71 #BCB271 #A1BC71

triadic

#BCB271 #71BCB2 #B271BC

tetradic

#BCB271 #71BC8D #717BBC #BC71A1

square

#BCB271 #71BC8D #717BBC #BC71A1

split-complementary

#BCB271 #71A1BC #8D71BC

monochromatic

#797139 #A3974D #BCB271 #D0C99B #E3DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB271

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB271	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89a',
    500: '#bcb271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb271;
$custom-light: #d1c89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75695,
    "c": 0.08584,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB271

secondary

#B6BAD3

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB271

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

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