#BCB280#BCB280

#BCB280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.068 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB280
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -4.14, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 27.21, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0097 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.068 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5561, 44.0917, 26.7920)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB280 #808ABC

analogous

#BC9480 #BCB280 #A8BC80

triadic

#BCB280 #80BCB2 #B280BC

tetradic

#BCB280 #80BC94 #808ABC #BC80A8

square

#BCB280 #80BC94 #808ABC #BC80A8

split-complementary

#BCB280 #80A8BC #9480BC

monochromatic

#7F7543 #A79A58 #BCB280 #D1CAA8 #E6E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB280

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB280	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.068 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a5',
    500: '#bcb280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb280;
$custom-light: #d1c8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.06792,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB280

secondary

#C1C5D7

accent

#4EAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB280

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

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