#BCB980#BCB980

#BCB980 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.076 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB980
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -7.82, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 30.40, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0202 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.076 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9846, 46.9486, 27.2682)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB980 #8083BC

analogous

#BC9B80 #BCB980 #A1BC80

triadic

#BCB980 #80BCB9 #B980BC

tetradic

#BCB980 #80BC9B #8083BC #BC80A1

square

#BCB980 #80BC9B #8083BC #BC80A1

split-complementary

#BCB980 #80A1BC #9B80BC

monochromatic

#7F7C43 #A7A358 #BCB980 #D1CFA8 #E6E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCB980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB980

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB980	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.076 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda5',
    500: '#bcb980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb980;
$custom-light: #d1cda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77447,
    "c": 0.07583,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB980

secondary

#C1C2D7

accent

#41AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB980

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

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