#BCB281#BCB281

#BCB281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.067 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB281
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -4.01, 26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 26.69, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0092 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.067 98)
XYZ	xyz(40.6223, 44.1181, 27.1404)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB281 #818BBC

analogous

#BC9581 #BCB281 #A8BC81

triadic

#BCB281 #81BCB2 #B281BC

tetradic

#BCB281 #81BC95 #818BBC #BC81A8

square

#BCB281 #81BC95 #818BBC #BC81A8

split-complementary

#BCB281 #81A8BC #9581BC

monochromatic

#7F7544 #A79A59 #BCB281 #D1CAA9 #E6E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB281

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB281	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)

#BCAF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.067 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a6',
    500: '#bcb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb281;
$custom-light: #d1c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.06668,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.44117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB281

secondary

#C2C5D7

accent

#4FA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB281

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

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