#BCB577#BCB577

#BCB577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.082 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB577
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -6.82, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 33.22, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0179 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.082 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5933, 45.0720, 24.0106)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB577 #777EBC

analogous

#BC9277 #BCB577 #A0BC77

triadic

#BCB577 #77BCB5 #B577BC

tetradic

#BCB577 #77BC92 #777EBC #BC77A0

square

#BCB577 #77BC92 #777EBC #BC77A0

split-complementary

#BCB577 #77A0BC #9277BC

monochromatic

#7C753D #A59C51 #BCB577 #D0CBA0 #E4E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCB577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB577

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB577	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.082 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb9f',
    500: '#bcb577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb577;
$custom-light: #d1cb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76434,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB577

secondary

#BABDD5

accent

#44AD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB577

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

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