#BCB97A#BCB97A

#BCB97A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.083 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB97A
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 35.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -8.55, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 33.51, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0227 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.083 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6013, 46.7953, 25.2495)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB97A #7A7DBC

analogous

#BC987A #BCB97A #9EBC7A

triadic

#BCB97A #7ABCB9 #B97ABC

tetradic

#BCB97A #7ABC98 #7A7DBC #BC7A9E

square

#BCB97A #7ABC98 #7A7DBC #BC7A9E

split-complementary

#BCB97A #7A9EBC #987ABC

monochromatic

#7D7A3F #A5A253 #BCB97A #D1CEA3 #E5E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCB97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB97A

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB97A	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.083 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda1',
    500: '#bcb97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb97a;
$custom-light: #d1cda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 33,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB97A

secondary

#BCBED5

accent

#3FAC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB97A

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

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