#BCB18B#BCB18B

#BCB18B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.053 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB18B
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 139)
HSL	hsl(47, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -2.13, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 21.01, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0035 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.053 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1216, 44.0006, 30.7479)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB18B #8B96BC

analogous

#BC998B #BCB18B #AFBC8B

triadic

#BCB18B #8BBCB1 #B18BBC

tetradic

#BCB18B #8BBC99 #8B96BC #BC8BAF

square

#BCB18B #8BBC99 #8B96BC #BC8BAF

split-complementary

#BCB18B #8BAFBC #998BBC

monochromatic

#82754B #A69764 #BCB18B #D2CBB2 #E9E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCB18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB18B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB18B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.053 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ad',
    500: '#bcb18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb18b;
$custom-light: #d0c8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB18B

secondary

#C9CDDA

accent

#57A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB18B

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

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