#BCB86A#BCB86A

#BCB86A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.100 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB86A
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -9.82, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 41.18, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0276 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.1 106)
XYZ	xyz(40.4818, 46.0140, 20.3820)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB86A #6A6EBC

analogous

#BC8F6A #BCB86A #97BC6A

triadic

#BCB86A #6ABCB8 #B86ABC

tetradic

#BCB86A #6ABC8F #6A6EBC #BC6A97

square

#BCB86A #6ABC8F #6A6EBC #BC6A97

split-complementary

#BCB86A #6A97BC #8F6ABC

monochromatic

#767335 #A19C48 #BCB86A #CFCC94 #E2E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BCB86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB86A

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB86A	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)

#C4B364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.100 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd96',
    500: '#bcb86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb86a;
$custom-light: #d1cd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.46013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB86A

secondary

#B0B2D1

accent

#60CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB86A

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

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