#BCB372#BCB372

#BCB372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.086 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB372
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -6.35, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 34.92, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0169 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.086 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8971, 44.1476, 22.3360)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB372 #727BBC

analogous

#BC8E72 #BCB372 #A0BC72

triadic

#BCB372 #72BCB3 #B372BC

tetradic

#BCB372 #72BC8E #727BBC #BC72A0

square

#BCB372 #72BC8E #727BBC #BC72A0

split-complementary

#BCB372 #72A0BC #8E72BC

monochromatic

#7A723A #A3994E #BCB372 #D0C99B #E3E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB372

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB372	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.086 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99b',
    500: '#bcb372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb372;
$custom-light: #d1c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75923,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB372

secondary

#B6BAD3

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB372

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

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