#BCB875#BCB875

#BCB875 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.088 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB875
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 117)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -8.62, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 35.61, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0232 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.088 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0910, 46.2576, 23.5902)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB875 #7579BC

analogous

#BC9575 #BCB875 #9CBC75

triadic

#BCB875 #75BCB8 #B875BC

tetradic

#BCB875 #75BC95 #7579BC #BC759C

square

#BCB875 #75BC95 #7579BC #BC759C

split-complementary

#BCB875 #759CBC #9575BC

monochromatic

#7B773C #A49F50 #BCB875 #D0CD9E #E4E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCB875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB875

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB875	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.088 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd9d',
    500: '#bcb875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb875;
$custom-light: #d1cd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB875

secondary

#B9BAD4

accent

#63CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB875

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

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