#BCB86C#BCB86C

#BCB86C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.098 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB86C
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -9.61, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 40.18, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0268 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.098 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5871, 46.0561, 20.9361)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB86C #6C70BC

analogous

#BC906C #BCB86C #98BC6C

triadic

#BCB86C #6CBCB8 #B86CBC

tetradic

#BCB86C #6CBC90 #6C70BC #BC6C98

square

#BCB86C #6CBC90 #6C70BC #BC6C98

split-complementary

#BCB86C #6C98BC #906CBC

monochromatic

#777436 #A19D4A #BCB86C #CFCC96 #E2E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCB86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB86C

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB86C	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)

#C4B366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.098 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd97',
    500: '#bcb86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb86c;
$custom-light: #d1cd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76891,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB86C

secondary

#B2B4D2

accent

#60CD5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB86C

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

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