#BCB374#BCB374

#BCB374 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.083 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB374
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -6.12, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 33.89, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0161 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.083 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0122, 44.1936, 22.9421)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB374 #747DBC

analogous

#BC8F74 #BCB374 #A1BC74

triadic

#BCB374 #74BCB3 #B374BC

tetradic

#BCB374 #74BC8F #747DBC #BC74A1

square

#BCB374 #74BC8F #747DBC #BC74A1

split-complementary

#BCB374 #74A1BC #8F74BC

monochromatic

#7B733B #A4994F #BCB374 #D0CA9D #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB374

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB374	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.083 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99d',
    500: '#bcb374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb374;
$custom-light: #d1c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75958,
    "c": 0.08341,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB374

secondary

#B8BBD4

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB374

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

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