#BCB866#BCB866

#BCB866 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.105 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB866
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -10.22, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 43.17, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0291 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.105 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2787, 45.9327, 19.3119)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB866 #666ABC

analogous

#BC8D66 #BCB866 #95BC66

triadic

#BCB866 #66BCB8 #B866BC

tetradic

#BCB866 #66BC8D #666ABC #BC6695

square

#BCB866 #66BC8D #666ABC #BC6695

split-complementary

#BCB866 #6695BC #8D66BC

monochromatic

#757233 #9F9B46 #BCB866 #CFCC91 #E1E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB866

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB866	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.105 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd93',
    500: '#bcb866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb866;
$custom-light: #d2cd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB866

secondary

#ADAFD0

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB866

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

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