#BCB661#BCB661

#BCB661 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.108 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB661
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -9.67, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 44.75, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.028 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.108 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6256, 45.0115, 17.9077)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB661 #6167BC

analogous

#BC8861 #BCB661 #94BC61

triadic

#BCB661 #61BCB6 #B661BC

tetradic

#BCB661 #61BC88 #6167BC #BC6194

square

#BCB661 #61BC88 #6167BC #BC6194

split-complementary

#BCB661 #6194BC #8861BC

monochromatic

#726E30 #9D9743 #BCB661 #CECA8C #E0DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BCB661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB661

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB661	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)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.108 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb90',
    500: '#bcb661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb661;
$custom-light: #d2cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB661

secondary

#AAACCF

accent

#5FD057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB661

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

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