#BCB472#BCB472

#BCB472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.087 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB472
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -6.87, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 35.35, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0184 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.087 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0983, 44.5499, 22.4030)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB472 #727ABC

analogous

#BC8F72 #BCB472 #9FBC72

triadic

#BCB472 #72BCB4 #B472BC

tetradic

#BCB472 #72BC8F #727ABC #BC729F

square

#BCB472 #72BC8F #727ABC #BC729F

split-complementary

#BCB472 #729FBC #8F72BC

monochromatic

#7A733A #A39A4E #BCB472 #D0CA9B #E3E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB472

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB472	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)

#BFB06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.087 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9b',
    500: '#bcb472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb472;
$custom-light: #d1ca9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76135,
    "c": 0.08682,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB472

secondary

#B6BAD3

accent

#68CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB472

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

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