#BCB96B#BCB96B

#BCB96B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.100 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB96B
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -10.23, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 41.14, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0287 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.1 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7426, 46.4518, 20.7269)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB96B #6B6EBC

analogous

#BC906B #BCB96B #96BC6B

triadic

#BCB96B #6BBCB9 #B96BBC

tetradic

#BCB96B #6BBC90 #6B6EBC #BC6B96

square

#BCB96B #6BBC90 #6B6EBC #BC6B96

split-complementary

#BCB96B #6B96BC #906BBC

monochromatic

#777436 #A19E49 #BCB96B #CFCD95 #E2E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCB96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB96B

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB96B	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.100 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd97',
    500: '#bcb96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb96b;
$custom-light: #d1cd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77089,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB96B

secondary

#B1B2D2

accent

#5ECE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB96B

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

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