#BCB376#BCB376

#BCB376 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.081 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB376
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -5.89, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 32.85, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0153 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.081 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1298, 44.2406, 23.5614)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB376 #767FBC

analogous

#BC9076 #BCB376 #A2BC76

triadic

#BCB376 #76BCB3 #B376BC

tetradic

#BCB376 #76BC90 #767FBC #BC76A2

square

#BCB376 #76BC90 #767FBC #BC76A2

split-complementary

#BCB376 #76A2BC #9076BC

monochromatic

#7B733C #A49A50 #BCB376 #D0CA9F #E4E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB376

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB376	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.081 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99e',
    500: '#bcb376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb376;
$custom-light: #d1c99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.08106,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB376

secondary

#B9BDD4

accent

#6BCA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB376

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

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