#BCB274#BCB274

#BCB274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.082 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB274
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -5.59, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 33.46, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0146 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.082 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8125, 43.7942, 22.8755)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB274 #747EBC

analogous

#BC8E74 #BCB274 #A2BC74

triadic

#BCB274 #74BCB2 #B274BC

tetradic

#BCB274 #74BC8E #747EBC #BC74A2

square

#BCB274 #74BC8E #747EBC #BC74A2

split-complementary

#BCB274 #74A2BC #8E74BC

monochromatic

#7B723B #A4984F #BCB274 #D0C99D #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCB274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB274

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB274	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.082 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89d',
    500: '#bcb274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb274;
$custom-light: #d1c89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.08235,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB274

secondary

#B8BCD4

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB274

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

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