#BCB461#BCB461

#BCB461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.106 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB461
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -8.63, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 43.90, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.025 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.106 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2190, 44.1981, 17.7721)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB461 #6169BC

analogous

#BC8661 #BCB461 #96BC61

triadic

#BCB461 #61BCB4 #B461BC

tetradic

#BCB461 #61BC86 #6169BC #BC6196

square

#BCB461 #61BC86 #6169BC #BC6196

split-complementary

#BCB461 #6196BC #8661BC

monochromatic

#726C30 #9D9543 #BCB461 #CEC88C #E0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB461

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB461	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)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.106 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca90',
    500: '#bcb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb461;
$custom-light: #d2ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB461

secondary

#AAADCF

accent

#62D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB461

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

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