#BCB36C#BCB36C

#BCB36C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.093 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB36C
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -7.00, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 37.98, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0193 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.093 102)
XYZ	xyz(39.5667, 44.0154, 20.5960)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB36C #6C75BC

analogous

#BC8B6C #BCB36C #9DBC6C

triadic

#BCB36C #6CBCB3 #B36CBC

tetradic

#BCB36C #6CBC8B #6C75BC #BC6C9D

square

#BCB36C #6CBC8B #6C75BC #BC6C9D

split-complementary

#BCB36C #6C9DBC #8B6CBC

monochromatic

#777036 #A1974A #BCB36C #CFC996 #E2DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB36C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB36C	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)

#BFAF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.093 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c997',
    500: '#bcb36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb36c;
$custom-light: #d1c997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75825,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.44014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB36C

secondary

#B2B6D2

accent

#67CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB36C

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

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