#BCB784#BCB784

#BCB784 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.069 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB784
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 132)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -6.25, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 27.36, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0156 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.069 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8376, 46.2251, 28.5437)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB784 #8489BC

analogous

#BC9B84 #BCB784 #A5BC84

triadic

#BCB784 #84BCB7 #B784BC

tetradic

#BCB784 #84BC9B #8489BC #BC84A5

square

#BCB784 #84BC9B #8489BC #BC84A5

split-complementary

#BCB784 #84A5BC #9B84BC

monochromatic

#807B46 #A6A05C #BCB784 #D2CEAC #E7E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCB784 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB784

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB784	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.069 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cca8',
    500: '#bcb784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb784;
$custom-light: #d1cca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77101,
    "c": 0.06851,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB784

secondary

#C4C6D8

accent

#47A83D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB784

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

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