#BCB377#BCB377

#BCB377 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.080 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB377
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -5.77, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 32.34, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0149 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.08 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1895, 44.2645, 23.8760)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB377 #7780BC

analogous

#BC9077 #BCB377 #A2BC77

triadic

#BCB377 #77BCB3 #B377BC

tetradic

#BCB377 #77BC90 #7780BC #BC77A2

square

#BCB377 #77BC90 #7780BC #BC77A2

split-complementary

#BCB377 #77A2BC #9077BC

monochromatic

#7C733D #A59A51 #BCB377 #D0CAA0 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB377

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB377	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)

#BEAF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.080 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99f',
    500: '#bcb377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb377;
$custom-light: #d1c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB377

secondary

#BABED5

accent

#48AD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB377

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

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