#BCB370#BCB370

#BCB370 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.088 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB370
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -6.57, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 35.94, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0177 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.088 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7845, 44.1025, 21.7430)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB370 #7079BC

analogous

#BC8D70 #BCB370 #9FBC70

triadic

#BCB370 #70BCB3 #B370BC

tetradic

#BCB370 #70BC8D #7079BC #BC709F

square

#BCB370 #70BC8D #7079BC #BC709F

split-complementary

#BCB370 #709FBC #8D70BC

monochromatic

#797139 #A3984C #BCB370 #D0C99A #E3DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB370

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB370	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.088 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99a',
    500: '#bcb370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb370;
$custom-light: #d1c99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB370

secondary

#B5B8D3

accent

#69CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB370

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

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