#BCB18D#BCB18D

#BCB18D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.051 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB18D
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 141)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -1.85, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 19.96, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0027 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.051 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2690, 44.0596, 31.5245)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB18D #8D98BC

analogous

#BC9A8D #BCB18D #B0BC8D

triadic

#BCB18D #8DBCB1 #B18DBC

tetradic

#BCB18D #8DBC9A #8D98BC #BC8DB0

square

#BCB18D #8DBC9A #8D98BC #BC8DB0

split-complementary

#BCB18D #8DB0BC #9A8DBC

monochromatic

#82764C #A59766 #BCB18D #D3CBB4 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BCB18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB18D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB18D	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)

#B9AF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.051 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ae',
    500: '#bcb18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb18d;
$custom-light: #d0c8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76032,
    "c": 0.05064,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB18D

secondary

#CACEDB

accent

#58A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB18D

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

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