#BCB976#BCB976

#BCB976 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.088 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB976
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -9.03, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 35.57, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0243 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.088 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3586, 46.6982, 23.9710)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB976 #7679BC

analogous

#BC9676 #BCB976 #9CBC76

triadic

#BCB976 #76BCB9 #B976BC

tetradic

#BCB976 #76BC96 #7679BC #BC769C

square

#BCB976 #76BC96 #7679BC #BC769C

split-complementary

#BCB976 #769CBC #9676BC

monochromatic

#7B793C #A4A150 #BCB976 #D0CE9F #E4E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCB976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB976

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB976	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.088 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd9e',
    500: '#bcb976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb976;
$custom-light: #d1cd9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77267,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB976

secondary

#B9BBD4

accent

#62CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB976

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

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