#BCB97E#BCB97E

#BCB97E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.078 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB97E
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -8.07, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 31.44, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0211 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.078 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8543, 46.8965, 26.5817)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB97E #7E81BC

analogous

#BC9A7E #BCB97E #A0BC7E

triadic

#BCB97E #7EBCB9 #B97EBC

tetradic

#BCB97E #7EBC9A #7E81BC #BC7EA0

square

#BCB97E #7EBC9A #7E81BC #BC7EA0

split-complementary

#BCB97E #7EA0BC #9A7EBC

monochromatic

#7E7B41 #A6A356 #BCB97E #D1CFA6 #E6E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCB97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB97E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB97E	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.078 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda4',
    500: '#bcb97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb97e;
$custom-light: #d1cda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 31.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77409,
    "c": 0.07828,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB97E

secondary

#BFC0D6

accent

#41AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB97E

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

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