#BCB382#BCB382

#BCB382 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.067 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB382
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 130)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 30.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -4.41, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 26.60, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0104 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.067 99)
XYZ	xyz(40.8888, 44.5442, 27.5587)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB382 #828BBC

analogous

#BC9682 #BCB382 #A8BC82

triadic

#BCB382 #82BCB3 #B382BC

tetradic

#BCB382 #82BC96 #828BBC #BC82A8

square

#BCB382 #82BC96 #828BBC #BC82A8

split-complementary

#BCB382 #82A8BC #9682BC

monochromatic

#7F7644 #A79B5A #BCB382 #D1CBAA #E7E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB382 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB382 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB382

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB382	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB382	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb382;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.067 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a6',
    500: '#bcb382',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb382;
$custom-light: #d1c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb382",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76218,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.44543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB382

secondary

#C2C6D7

accent

#4DA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB382

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

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