#BCB185#BCB185

#BCB185 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.061 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB185
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -2.95, 23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 24.16, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0061 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.061 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6951, 43.8301, 28.5021)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB185 #8590BC

analogous

#BC9585 #BCB185 #ABBC85

triadic

#BCB185 #85BCB1 #B185BC

tetradic

#BCB185 #85BC95 #8590BC #BC85AB

square

#BCB185 #85BC95 #8590BC #BC85AB

split-complementary

#BCB185 #85ABBC #9585BC

monochromatic

#807546 #A6985D #BCB185 #D2CAAD #E7E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB185

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB185	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.061 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a8',
    500: '#bcb185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb185;
$custom-light: #d1c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7586,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB185

secondary

#C4C8D8

accent

#53A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB185

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

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