#BCB276#BCB276

#BCB276 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.080 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB276
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -5.36, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 32.42, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0138 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.08 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9301, 43.8412, 23.4948)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB276 #7680BC

analogous

#BC8F76 #BCB276 #A3BC76

triadic

#BCB276 #76BCB2 #B276BC

tetradic

#BCB276 #76BC8F #7680BC #BC76A3

square

#BCB276 #76BC8F #7680BC #BC76A3

split-complementary

#BCB276 #76A3BC #8F76BC

monochromatic

#7B723C #A49850 #BCB276 #D0C99F #E4E0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB276 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB276

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB276	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.080 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89e',
    500: '#bcb276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb276;
$custom-light: #d1c89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75782,
    "c": 0.08,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB276

secondary

#B9BDD4

accent

#6DCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB276

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

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