#BCB86B#BCB86B

#BCB86B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.099 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB86B
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -9.71, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 40.68, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0272 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.099 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5341, 46.0349, 20.6575)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB86B #6B6FBC

analogous

#BC8F6B #BCB86B #97BC6B

triadic

#BCB86B #6BBCB8 #B86BBC

tetradic

#BCB86B #6BBC8F #6B6FBC #BC6B97

square

#BCB86B #6BBC8F #6B6FBC #BC6B97

split-complementary

#BCB86B #6B97BC #8F6BBC

monochromatic

#777436 #A19D49 #BCB86B #CFCC95 #E2E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCB86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB86B

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB86B	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.099 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd97',
    500: '#bcb86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb86b;
$custom-light: #d1cd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76875,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB86B

secondary

#B1B3D2

accent

#60CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB86B

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

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