#BCB975#BCB975

#BCB975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.089 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB975
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 117)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -9.14, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 36.08, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0247 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.089 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2995, 46.6745, 23.6597)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB975 #7578BC

analogous

#BC9675 #BCB975 #9BBC75

triadic

#BCB975 #75BCB9 #B975BC

tetradic

#BCB975 #75BC96 #7578BC #BC759B

square

#BCB975 #75BC96 #7578BC #BC759B

split-complementary

#BCB975 #759BBC #9675BC

monochromatic

#7B783C #A4A150 #BCB975 #D0CE9E #E4E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCB975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB975

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB975	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.089 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd9d',
    500: '#bcb975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb975;
$custom-light: #d1cd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7725,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB975

secondary

#B9BAD4

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB975

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

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