#BCB18C#BCB18C

#BCB18C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.052 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB18C
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 140)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 25.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -1.99, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 20.49, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0031 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.052 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1949, 44.0300, 31.1344)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB18C #8C97BC

analogous

#BC998C #BCB18C #AFBC8C

triadic

#BCB18C #8CBCB1 #B18CBC

tetradic

#BCB18C #8CBC99 #8C97BC #BC8CAF

square

#BCB18C #8CBC99 #8C97BC #BC8CAF

split-complementary

#BCB18C #8CAFBC #998CBC

monochromatic

#82754C #A59765 #BCB18C #D3CBB3 #E9E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB18C

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB18C	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.052 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ad',
    500: '#bcb18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb18c;
$custom-light: #d0c8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.05191,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB18C

secondary

#CACDDA

accent

#58A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB18C

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

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