#BCB47D#BCB47D

#BCB47D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.074 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB47D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 125)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -5.57, 29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 29.66, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0139 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.074 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7624, 44.8155, 25.9010)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB47D #7D85BC

analogous

#BC957D #BCB47D #A5BC7D

triadic

#BCB47D #7DBCB4 #B47DBC

tetradic

#BCB47D #7DBC95 #7D85BC #BC7DA5

square

#BCB47D #7DBC95 #7D85BC #BC7DA5

split-complementary

#BCB47D #7DA5BC #957DBC

monochromatic

#7E7641 #A69C56 #BCB47D #D1CBA5 #E6E3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB47D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BCB47D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB47D

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB47D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB47D	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb47d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.074 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa3',
    500: '#bcb47d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb47d;
$custom-light: #d1caa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb47d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76332,
    "c": 0.07374,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB47D

secondary

#BFC2D6

accent

#49AB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB47D

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

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