#BCB475#BCB475

#BCB475 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.083 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB475
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 117)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -6.53, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 33.81, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0172 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.083 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2718, 44.6193, 23.3171)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB475 #757DBC

analogous

#BC9075 #BCB475 #A1BC75

triadic

#BCB475 #75BCB4 #B475BC

tetradic

#BCB475 #75BC90 #757DBC #BC75A1

square

#BCB475 #75BC90 #757DBC #BC75A1

split-complementary

#BCB475 #75A1BC #9075BC

monochromatic

#7B743C #A49B50 #BCB475 #D0CA9E #E4E1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB475

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB475	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)

#BFB070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.083 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9d',
    500: '#bcb475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb475;
$custom-light: #d1ca9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76187,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB475

secondary

#B9BCD4

accent

#69CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB475

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

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