#BCB181#BCB181

#BCB181 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.066 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB181
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -3.48, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 26.26, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0077 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.066 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4240, 43.7216, 27.0743)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB181 #818CBC

analogous

#BC9481 #BCB181 #A9BC81

triadic

#BCB181 #81BCB1 #B181BC

tetradic

#BCB181 #81BC94 #818CBC #BC81A9

square

#BCB181 #81BC94 #818CBC #BC81A9

split-complementary

#BCB181 #81A9BC #9481BC

monochromatic

#7F7444 #A79859 #BCB181 #D1CAA9 #E6E2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCB181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCB181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB181

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB181	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.066 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a6',
    500: '#bcb181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb181;
$custom-light: #d1c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75779,
    "c": 0.06566,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB181

secondary

#C2C6D7

accent

#51A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB181

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

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