#BCB277#BCB277

#BCB277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB277
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -5.24, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 31.90, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0134 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.079 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9898, 43.8651, 23.8095)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB277 #7781BC

analogous

#BC8F77 #BCB277 #A4BC77

triadic

#BCB277 #77BCB2 #B277BC

tetradic

#BCB277 #77BC8F #7781BC #BC77A4

square

#BCB277 #77BC8F #7781BC #BC77A4

split-complementary

#BCB277 #77A4BC #8F77BC

monochromatic

#7C733D #A59951 #BCB277 #D0C9A0 #E4E0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB277

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB277	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)

#BDAE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89f',
    500: '#bcb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb277;
$custom-light: #d1c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75799,
    "c": 0.07881,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB277

secondary

#BABED5

accent

#4AAD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB277

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

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