#BCB375#BCB375

#BCB375 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB375
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -6.00, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 33.37, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0157 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(40.0707, 44.2170, 23.2501)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB375 #757EBC

analogous

#BC8F75 #BCB375 #A2BC75

triadic

#BCB375 #75BCB3 #B375BC

tetradic

#BCB375 #75BC8F #757EBC #BC75A2

square

#BCB375 #75BC8F #757EBC #BC75A2

split-complementary

#BCB375 #75A2BC #8F75BC

monochromatic

#7B733C #A49950 #BCB375 #D0CA9E #E4E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB375

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB375	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)

#BEAF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99d',
    500: '#bcb375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb375;
$custom-light: #d1c99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.08223,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB375

secondary

#B9BCD4

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB375

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

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