#BCB869#BCB869

#BCB869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.101 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB869
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 105)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -9.92, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 41.68, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0279 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.101 106)
XYZ	xyz(40.4301, 45.9933, 20.1097)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB869 #696DBC

analogous

#BC8E69 #BCB869 #97BC69

triadic

#BCB869 #69BCB8 #B869BC

tetradic

#BCB869 #69BC8E #696DBC #BC6997

square

#BCB869 #69BC8E #696DBC #BC6997

split-complementary

#BCB869 #6997BC #8E69BC

monochromatic

#767335 #A09C48 #BCB869 #CFCC93 #E2E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCB869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB869

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB869	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.101 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd95',
    500: '#bcb869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb869;
$custom-light: #d2cd95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76845,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.45992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB869

secondary

#B0B1D1

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB869

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

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