#BCB476#BCB476

#BCB476 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.082 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB476
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 118)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -6.41, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 33.29, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0168 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.082 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3309, 44.6429, 23.6284)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB476 #767EBC

analogous

#BC9176 #BCB476 #A1BC76

triadic

#BCB476 #76BCB4 #B476BC

tetradic

#BCB476 #76BC91 #767EBC #BC76A1

square

#BCB476 #76BC91 #767EBC #BC76A1

split-complementary

#BCB476 #76A1BC #9176BC

monochromatic

#7B743C #A49B50 #BCB476 #D0CB9F #E4E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCB476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB476

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB476	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.082 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9e',
    500: '#bcb476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb476;
$custom-light: #d1ca9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76204,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB476

secondary

#B9BDD4

accent

#6ACA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB476

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

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