#BCB877#BCB877

#BCB877 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.085 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB877
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -8.39, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 34.59, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0224 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.085 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2098, 46.3052, 24.2161)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB877 #777BBC

analogous

#BC9677 #BCB877 #9DBC77

triadic

#BCB877 #77BCB8 #B877BC

tetradic

#BCB877 #77BC96 #777BBC #BC779D

square

#BCB877 #77BC96 #777BBC #BC779D

split-complementary

#BCB877 #779DBC #9677BC

monochromatic

#7C783D #A5A051 #BCB877 #D0CDA0 #E4E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BCB877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB877

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB877	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.085 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd9f',
    500: '#bcb877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb877;
$custom-light: #d1cd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77071,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB877

secondary

#BABCD5

accent

#3FAD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB877

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →