#BCB36E#BCB36E

#BCB36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB36E
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -6.79, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 36.96, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0185 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6744, 44.0585, 21.1630)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB36E #6E77BC

analogous

#BC8C6E #BCB36E #9EBC6E

triadic

#BCB36E #6EBCB3 #B36EBC

tetradic

#BCB36E #6EBC8C #6E77BC #BC6E9E

square

#BCB36E #6EBC8C #6E77BC #BC6E9E

split-complementary

#BCB36E #6E9EBC #8C6EBC

monochromatic

#787137 #A2984B #BCB36E #CFC998 #E3DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB36E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB36E	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)

#BFAF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c998',
    500: '#bcb36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb36e;
$custom-light: #d1c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.09034,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB36E

secondary

#B3B7D2

accent

#68CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB36E

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

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