#BCB366#BCB366

#BCB366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB366
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -7.62, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 41.00, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0216 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.099 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2583, 43.8921, 18.9718)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB366 #666FBC

analogous

#BC8866 #BCB366 #9ABC66

triadic

#BCB366 #66BCB3 #B366BC

tetradic

#BCB366 #66BC88 #666FBC #BC669A

square

#BCB366 #66BC88 #666FBC #BC669A

split-complementary

#BCB366 #669ABC #8866BC

monochromatic

#756E33 #9F9646 #BCB366 #CFC891 #E1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCB366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB366

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB366	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c993',
    500: '#bcb366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb366;
$custom-light: #d2c993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB366

secondary

#ADB1D0

accent

#65CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB366

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

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