#BCB863#BCB863

#BCB863 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB863
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -10.51, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 44.65, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0302 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.108 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1326, 45.8743, 18.5425)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB863 #6367BC

analogous

#BC8C63 #BCB863 #94BC63

triadic

#BCB863 #63BCB8 #B863BC

tetradic

#BCB863 #63BC8C #6367BC #BC6394

square

#BCB863 #63BC8C #6367BC #BC6394

split-complementary

#BCB863 #6394BC #8C63BC

monochromatic

#737031 #9E9A44 #BCB863 #CECB8E #E1DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB863

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB863	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd91',
    500: '#bcb863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb863;
$custom-light: #d2cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB863

secondary

#ABADD0

accent

#5DD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB863

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

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