#BCB283#BCB283

#BCB283 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.064 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB283
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 131)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -3.75, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 25.64, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0084 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.064 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7565, 44.1718, 27.8474)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB283 #838DBC

analogous

#BC9683 #BCB283 #A9BC83

triadic

#BCB283 #83BCB2 #B283BC

tetradic

#BCB283 #83BC96 #838DBC #BC83A9

square

#BCB283 #83BC96 #838DBC #BC83A9

split-complementary

#BCB283 #83A9BC #9683BC

monochromatic

#807545 #A7995B #BCB283 #D1CBAB #E7E3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BCB283 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB283

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB283	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.064 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a7',
    500: '#bcb283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb283;
$custom-light: #d1c8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76029,
    "c": 0.06421,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB283

secondary

#C3C7D8

accent

#50A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB283

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

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