#BCB96F#BCB96F

#BCB96F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.096 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB96F
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 41%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -9.81, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 39.13, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0271 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.096 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9579, 46.5379, 21.8610)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB96F #6F72BC

analogous

#BC926F #BCB96F #98BC6F

triadic

#BCB96F #6FBCB9 #B96FBC

tetradic

#BCB96F #6FBC92 #6F72BC #BC6F98

square

#BCB96F #6FBC92 #6F72BC #BC6F98

split-complementary

#BCB96F #6F98BC #926FBC

monochromatic

#797638 #A29F4C #BCB96F #CFCD99 #E3E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCB96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB96F

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB96F	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.096 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd99',
    500: '#bcb96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb96f;
$custom-light: #d1cd99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77151,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB96F

secondary

#B4B5D3

accent

#60CC5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB96F

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

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