#BCB96D#BCB96D

#BCB96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.098 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB96D
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -10.02, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 40.13, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0279 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.098 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8490, 46.4944, 21.2875)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB96D #6D70BC

analogous

#BC916D #BCB96D #97BC6D

triadic

#BCB96D #6DBCB9 #B96DBC

tetradic

#BCB96D #6DBC91 #6D70BC #BC6D97

square

#BCB96D #6DBC91 #6D70BC #BC6D97

split-complementary

#BCB96D #6D97BC #916DBC

monochromatic

#787537 #A29E4A #BCB96D #CFCD97 #E3E1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCB96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB96D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB96D	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.098 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd98',
    500: '#bcb96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb96d;
$custom-light: #d1cd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7712,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB96D

secondary

#B3B4D2

accent

#5FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB96D

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

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