#BCB571#BCB571

#BCB571 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.089 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB571
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -7.51, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 36.30, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0203 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.089 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2442, 44.9324, 22.1724)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB571 #7178BC

analogous

#BC9071 #BCB571 #9EBC71

triadic

#BCB571 #71BCB5 #B571BC

tetradic

#BCB571 #71BC90 #7178BC #BC719E

square

#BCB571 #71BC90 #7178BC #BC719E

split-complementary

#BCB571 #719EBC #9071BC

monochromatic

#797339 #A39B4D #BCB571 #D0CB9B #E3E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BCB571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB571

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB571	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.089 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb9b',
    500: '#bcb571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb571;
$custom-light: #d1cb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76331,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB571

secondary

#B6B8D3

accent

#66CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB571

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

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