#BCB361#BCB361

#BCB361 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.105 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB361
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -8.10, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 43.48, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0235 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.105 103)
XYZ	xyz(39.0178, 43.7958, 17.7051)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB361 #616ABC

analogous

#BC8561 #BCB361 #97BC61

triadic

#BCB361 #61BCB3 #B361BC

tetradic

#BCB361 #61BC85 #616ABC #BC6197

square

#BCB361 #61BC85 #616ABC #BC6197

split-complementary

#BCB361 #6197BC #8561BC

monochromatic

#726C30 #9D9443 #BCB361 #CEC88C #E0DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCB361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB361

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB361	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)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.105 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c990',
    500: '#bcb361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb361;
$custom-light: #d2c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.43795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB361

secondary

#AAADCF

accent

#63D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB361

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

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