#BCB97D#BCB97D

#BCB97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.079 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB97D
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -8.19, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 31.96, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0215 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.079 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7901, 46.8708, 26.2436)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB97D #7D80BC

analogous

#BC9A7D #BCB97D #A0BC7D

triadic

#BCB97D #7DBCB9 #B97DBC

tetradic

#BCB97D #7DBC9A #7D80BC #BC7DA0

square

#BCB97D #7DBC9A #7D80BC #BC7DA0

split-complementary

#BCB97D #7DA0BC #9A7DBC

monochromatic

#7E7B41 #A6A256 #BCB97D #D1CFA5 #E6E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCB97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB97D

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB97D	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.079 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda3',
    500: '#bcb97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb97d;
$custom-light: #d1cda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77391,
    "c": 0.07948,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB97D

secondary

#BFC0D6

accent

#40AB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB97D

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

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