#BCB186#BCB186

#BCB186 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.059 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB186
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -2.82, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 23.64, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0056 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.059 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7645, 43.8578, 28.8677)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB186 #8691BC

analogous

#BC9686 #BCB186 #ACBC86

triadic

#BCB186 #86BCB1 #B186BC

tetradic

#BCB186 #86BC96 #8691BC #BC86AC

square

#BCB186 #86BC96 #8691BC #BC86AC

split-complementary

#BCB186 #86ACBC #9686BC

monochromatic

#807547 #A6985F #BCB186 #D2CAAD #E8E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCB186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB186

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB186	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)

#BAAF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.059 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a9',
    500: '#bcb186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb186;
$custom-light: #d1c8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.05945,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB186

secondary

#C5C9D9

accent

#54A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB186

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

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