#BCB473#BCB473

#BCB473 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.086 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB473
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -6.76, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 34.84, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.018 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.086 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1555, 44.5727, 22.7044)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB473 #737BBC

analogous

#BC9073 #BCB473 #A0BC73

triadic

#BCB473 #73BCB4 #B473BC

tetradic

#BCB473 #73BC90 #737BBC #BC73A0

square

#BCB473 #73BC90 #737BBC #BC73A0

split-complementary

#BCB473 #73A0BC #9073BC

monochromatic

#7A733A #A49A4E #BCB473 #D0CA9C #E4E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB473

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB473	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)

#BFB06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.086 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9c',
    500: '#bcb473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb473;
$custom-light: #d1ca9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76152,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB473

secondary

#B7BAD4

accent

#69CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB473

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

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