#BCB86D#BCB86D

#BCB86D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.097 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB86D
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -9.50, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 39.68, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0264 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.097 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6406, 46.0775, 21.2180)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB86D #6D71BC

analogous

#BC906D #BCB86D #98BC6D

triadic

#BCB86D #6DBCB8 #B86DBC

tetradic

#BCB86D #6DBC90 #6D71BC #BC6D98

square

#BCB86D #6DBC90 #6D71BC #BC6D98

split-complementary

#BCB86D #6D98BC #906DBC

monochromatic

#787437 #A29D4A #BCB86D #CFCC97 #E3E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCB86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB86D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB86D	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.097 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd98',
    500: '#bcb86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb86d;
$custom-light: #d1cd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76906,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB86D

secondary

#B3B4D2

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB86D

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

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