#BCB474#BCB474

#BCB474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.085 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB474
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -6.65, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 34.32, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0176 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.085 102)
XYZ	xyz(40.2133, 44.5959, 23.0091)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB474 #747CBC

analogous

#BC9074 #BCB474 #A0BC74

triadic

#BCB474 #74BCB4 #B474BC

tetradic

#BCB474 #74BC90 #747CBC #BC74A0

square

#BCB474 #74BC90 #747CBC #BC74A0

split-complementary

#BCB474 #74A0BC #9074BC

monochromatic

#7B733B #A49A4F #BCB474 #D0CA9D #E4E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB474

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB474	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.085 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9d',
    500: '#bcb474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb474;
$custom-light: #d1ca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.44595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB474

secondary

#B8BBD4

accent

#69CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB474

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

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