#BCB36B#BCB36B

#BCB36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.094 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB36B
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -7.11, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 38.49, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0197 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.094 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5138, 43.9942, 20.3173)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB36B #6B74BC

analogous

#BC8A6B #BCB36B #9DBC6B

triadic

#BCB36B #6BBCB3 #B36BBC

tetradic

#BCB36B #6BBC8A #6B74BC #BC6B9D

square

#BCB36B #6BBC8A #6B74BC #BC6B9D

split-complementary

#BCB36B #6B9DBC #8A6BBC

monochromatic

#777036 #A19749 #BCB36B #CFC995 #E2DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB36B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB36B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.094 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c996',
    500: '#bcb36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb36b;
$custom-light: #d1c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75809,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB36B

secondary

#B1B5D2

accent

#67CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB36B

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

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