#BCB573#BCB573

#BCB573 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.087 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB573
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -7.28, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 35.28, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0195 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.087 103)
XYZ	xyz(40.3581, 44.9779, 22.7720)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB573 #737ABC

analogous

#BC9173 #BCB573 #9FBC73

triadic

#BCB573 #73BCB5 #B573BC

tetradic

#BCB573 #73BC91 #737ABC #BC739F

square

#BCB573 #73BC91 #737ABC #BC739F

split-complementary

#BCB573 #739FBC #9173BC

monochromatic

#7A743A #A49B4E #BCB573 #D0CB9C #E4E1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BCB573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB573

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB573	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.087 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb9c',
    500: '#bcb573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb573;
$custom-light: #d1cb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76364,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.44977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB573

secondary

#B7BAD4

accent

#67CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB573

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

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