#BCB97F#BCB97F

#BCB97F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.077 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB97F
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 127)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 32.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -7.94, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 30.92, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0207 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.077 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9191, 46.9224, 26.9233)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB97F #7F82BC

analogous

#BC9B7F #BCB97F #A1BC7F

triadic

#BCB97F #7FBCB9 #B97FBC

tetradic

#BCB97F #7FBC9B #7F82BC #BC7FA1

square

#BCB97F #7FBC9B #7F82BC #BC7FA1

split-complementary

#BCB97F #7FA1BC #9B7FBC

monochromatic

#7E7B42 #A7A357 #BCB97F #D1CFA7 #E6E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCB97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB97F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB97F	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)

#C3B57B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.077 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda4',
    500: '#bcb97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb97f;
$custom-light: #d1cda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 31.282,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77428,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB97F

secondary

#C0C1D7

accent

#41AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB97F

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

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