#BCB36D#BCB36D

#BCB36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.091 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB36D
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -6.90, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 37.47, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0189 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.091 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6203, 44.0368, 20.8779)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB36D #6D76BC

analogous

#BC8B6D #BCB36D #9DBC6D

triadic

#BCB36D #6DBCB3 #B36DBC

tetradic

#BCB36D #6DBC8B #6D76BC #BC6D9D

square

#BCB36D #6DBC8B #6D76BC #BC6D9D

split-complementary

#BCB36D #6D9DBC #8B6DBC

monochromatic

#787037 #A2984A #BCB36D #CFC997 #E3DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB36D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB36D	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.091 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c998',
    500: '#bcb36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb36d;
$custom-light: #d1c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB36D

secondary

#B3B6D2

accent

#68CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB36D

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

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