#BCB477#BCB477

#BCB477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.081 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB477
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -6.30, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 32.78, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0164 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.081 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3907, 44.6668, 23.9431)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB477 #777FBC

analogous

#BC9177 #BCB477 #A2BC77

triadic

#BCB477 #77BCB4 #B477BC

tetradic

#BCB477 #77BC91 #777FBC #BC77A2

square

#BCB477 #77BC91 #777FBC #BC77A2

split-complementary

#BCB477 #77A2BC #9177BC

monochromatic

#7C743D #A59B51 #BCB477 #D0CBA0 #E4E1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCB477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB477

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB477	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#BFB073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.081 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9f',
    500: '#bcb477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb477;
$custom-light: #d1ca9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB477

secondary

#BABDD5

accent

#46AD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB477

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

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