#BCB96E#BCB96E

#BCB96E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.097 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB96E
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -9.92, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 39.63, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0275 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.097 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9032, 46.5160, 21.5726)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB96E #6E71BC

analogous

#BC926E #BCB96E #98BC6E

triadic

#BCB96E #6EBCB9 #B96EBC

tetradic

#BCB96E #6EBC92 #6E71BC #BC6E98

square

#BCB96E #6EBC92 #6E71BC #BC6E98

split-complementary

#BCB96E #6E98BC #926EBC

monochromatic

#787637 #A29F4B #BCB96E #CFCD98 #E3E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCB96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB96E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB96E	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)

#C5B468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.097 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd99',
    500: '#bcb96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb96e;
$custom-light: #d1cd99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77136,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB96E

secondary

#B3B5D2

accent

#5FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB96E

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

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