#BCBA7D#BCBA7D

#BCBA7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.081 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA7D
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -8.71, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 32.43, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.023 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.081 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0000, 47.2907, 26.3136)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA7D #7D7FBC

analogous

#BC9B7D #BCBA7D #9FBC7D

triadic

#BCBA7D #7DBCBA #BA7DBC

tetradic

#BCBA7D #7DBC9B #7D7FBC #BC7D9F

square

#BCBA7D #7DBC9B #7D7FBC #BC7D9F

split-complementary

#BCBA7D #7D9FBC #9B7DBC

monochromatic

#7E7C41 #A6A456 #BCBA7D #D1CFA5 #E6E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBA7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBA7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA7D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA7D	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.081 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cea3',
    500: '#bcba7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba7d;
$custom-light: #d1cea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77604,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA7D

secondary

#BFBFD6

accent

#3EAB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA7D

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

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