#BCB86E#BCB86E

#BCB86E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.096 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB86E
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -9.40, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 39.17, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.026 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.096 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6947, 46.0991, 21.5031)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB86E #6E72BC

analogous

#BC916E #BCB86E #99BC6E

triadic

#BCB86E #6EBCB8 #B86EBC

tetradic

#BCB86E #6EBC91 #6E72BC #BC6E99

square

#BCB86E #6EBC91 #6E72BC #BC6E99

split-complementary

#BCB86E #6E99BC #916EBC

monochromatic

#787537 #A29D4B #BCB86E #CFCC98 #E3E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCB86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB86E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB86E	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C4B368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.096 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd99',
    500: '#bcb86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb86e;
$custom-light: #d1cd99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76922,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB86E

secondary

#B3B5D2

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB86E

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

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