#BCB36A#BCB36A

#BCB36A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.095 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB36A
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -7.21, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 38.99, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0201 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.095 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4615, 43.9733, 20.0419)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB36A #6A73BC

analogous

#BC8A6A #BCB36A #9CBC6A

triadic

#BCB36A #6ABCB3 #B36ABC

tetradic

#BCB36A #6ABC8A #6A73BC #BC6A9C

square

#BCB36A #6ABC8A #6A73BC #BC6A9C

split-complementary

#BCB36A #6A9CBC #8A6ABC

monochromatic

#766F35 #A19748 #BCB36A #CFC994 #E2DEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCB36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB36A

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB36A	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BFAF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.095 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c996',
    500: '#bcb36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb36a;
$custom-light: #d1c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.415,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB36A

secondary

#B0B4D1

accent

#67CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB36A

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

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