#BCB970#BCB970

#BCB970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.095 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB970
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -9.70, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 38.62, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0267 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.095 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0133, 46.5601, 22.1526)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB970 #7073BC

analogous

#BC9370 #BCB970 #99BC70

triadic

#BCB970 #70BCB9 #B970BC

tetradic

#BCB970 #70BC93 #7073BC #BC7099

square

#BCB970 #70BC93 #7073BC #BC7099

split-complementary

#BCB970 #7099BC #9370BC

monochromatic

#797639 #A39F4C #BCB970 #D0CD9A #E3E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB970

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB970	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)

#C4B46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.095 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd9a',
    500: '#bcb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb970;
$custom-light: #d1cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77167,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB970

secondary

#B5B6D3

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB970

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

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