#BCB480#BCB480

#BCB480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.070 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB480
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -5.19, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 28.09, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0127 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.07 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9570, 44.8933, 26.9256)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB480 #8088BC

analogous

#BC9680 #BCB480 #A6BC80

triadic

#BCB480 #80BCB4 #B480BC

tetradic

#BCB480 #80BC96 #8088BC #BC80A6

square

#BCB480 #80BC96 #8088BC #BC80A6

split-complementary

#BCB480 #80A6BC #9680BC

monochromatic

#7F7743 #A79C58 #BCB480 #D1CCA8 #E6E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB480

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB480	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.070 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa5',
    500: '#bcb480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb480;
$custom-light: #d1caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76389,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB480

secondary

#C1C4D7

accent

#4AAA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB480

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

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