#BCB18E#BCB18E

#BCB18E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.049 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB18E
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -1.71, 19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 19.44, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0023 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.049 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3438, 44.0895, 31.9182)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB18E #8E99BC

analogous

#BC9A8E #BCB18E #B0BC8E

triadic

#BCB18E #8EBCB1 #B18EBC

tetradic

#BCB18E #8EBC9A #8E99BC #BC8EB0

square

#BCB18E #8EBC9A #8E99BC #BC8EB0

split-complementary

#BCB18E #8EB0BC #9A8EBC

monochromatic

#82764D #A59668 #BCB18E #D3CCB4 #EAE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB18E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB18E	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.049 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8af',
    500: '#bcb18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb18e;
$custom-light: #d0c8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76054,
    "c": 0.04937,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB18E

secondary

#CBCFDB

accent

#59A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB18E

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

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