#BCB183#BCB183

#BCB183 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.063 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB183
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 131)
HSL	hsl(48, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -3.22, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 25.21, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0069 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.063 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5583, 43.7753, 27.7813)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB183 #838EBC

analogous

#BC9483 #BCB183 #ABBC83

triadic

#BCB183 #83BCB1 #B183BC

tetradic

#BCB183 #83BC94 #838EBC #BC83AB

square

#BCB183 #83BC94 #838EBC #BC83AB

split-complementary

#BCB183 #83ABBC #9483BC

monochromatic

#807445 #A7985B #BCB183 #D1CAAB #E7E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCB183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB183

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB183	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.063 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a7',
    500: '#bcb183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb183;
$custom-light: #d1c8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75819,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB183

secondary

#C3C7D8

accent

#52A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB183

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

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