#BCB368#BCB368

#BCB368 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB368
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 104)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -7.42, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 40.00, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0209 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.097 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3587, 43.9322, 19.5005)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB368 #6871BC

analogous

#BC8968 #BCB368 #9BBC68

triadic

#BCB368 #68BCB3 #B368BC

tetradic

#BCB368 #68BC89 #6871BC #BC689B

square

#BCB368 #68BC89 #6871BC #BC689B

split-complementary

#BCB368 #689BBC #8968BC

monochromatic

#756E34 #A09647 #BCB368 #CFC892 #E2DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB368 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB368 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB368

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB368	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB368	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb368;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c994',
    500: '#bcb368',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb368;
$custom-light: #d2c994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb368",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB368

secondary

#AFB3D1

accent

#66CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB368

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

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