#BCB772#BCB772

#BCB772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.090 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB772
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -8.44, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 36.69, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0229 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.09 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7104, 45.7742, 22.6071)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB772 #7277BC

analogous

#BC9272 #BCB772 #9CBC72

triadic

#BCB772 #72BCB7 #B772BC

tetradic

#BCB772 #72BC92 #7277BC #BC729C

square

#BCB772 #72BC92 #7277BC #BC729C

split-complementary

#BCB772 #729CBC #9272BC

monochromatic

#7A753A #A39D4E #BCB772 #D0CC9B #E3E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB772

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB772	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.090 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc9b',
    500: '#bcb772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb772;
$custom-light: #d1cc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76773,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB772

secondary

#B6B8D3

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB772

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

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