#BCB188#BCB188

#BCB188 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.057 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB188
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 136)
HSL	hsl(47, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -2.55, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 22.59, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0048 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.057 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9054, 43.9142, 29.6093)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB188 #8893BC

analogous

#BC9788 #BCB188 #ADBC88

triadic

#BCB188 #88BCB1 #B188BC

tetradic

#BCB188 #88BC97 #8893BC #BC88AD

square

#BCB188 #88BC97 #8893BC #BC88AD

split-complementary

#BCB188 #88ADBC #9788BC

monochromatic

#817549 #A69761 #BCB188 #D2CBAF #E8E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCB188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB188

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB188	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.057 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ab',
    500: '#bcb188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb188;
$custom-light: #d0c8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75923,
    "c": 0.05694,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB188

secondary

#C7CBD9

accent

#55A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB188

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

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