#BCB381#BCB381

#BCB381 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.068 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB381
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -4.54, 26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 27.12, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0108 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.068 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8220, 44.5175, 27.2069)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB381 #818ABC

analogous

#BC9581 #BCB381 #A8BC81

triadic

#BCB381 #81BCB3 #B381BC

tetradic

#BCB381 #81BC95 #818ABC #BC81A8

square

#BCB381 #81BC95 #818ABC #BC81A8

split-complementary

#BCB381 #81A8BC #9581BC

monochromatic

#7F7644 #A79B59 #BCB381 #D1CBA9 #E6E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BCB381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB381

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB381	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.068 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a6',
    500: '#bcb381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb381;
$custom-light: #d1c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76199,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB381

secondary

#C2C5D7

accent

#4DA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB381

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

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