#BCB46D#BCB46D

#BCB46D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.093 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB46D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -7.42, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 37.90, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0204 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.093 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8214, 44.4391, 20.9450)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB46D #6D75BC

analogous

#BC8C6D #BCB46D #9CBC6D

triadic

#BCB46D #6DBCB4 #B46DBC

tetradic

#BCB46D #6DBC8C #6D75BC #BC6D9C

square

#BCB46D #6DBC8C #6D75BC #BC6D9C

split-complementary

#BCB46D #6D9CBC #8C6DBC

monochromatic

#787137 #A2994A #BCB46D #CFCA97 #E3DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB46D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB46D	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.093 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca98',
    500: '#bcb46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb46d;
$custom-light: #d1ca98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.924,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76053,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB46D

secondary

#B3B6D2

accent

#66CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB46D

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

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