#BCB285#BCB285

#BCB285 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.062 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB285
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -3.48, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 24.59, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0076 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.062 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8934, 44.2266, 28.5682)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB285 #858FBC

analogous

#BC9685 #BCB285 #AABC85

triadic

#BCB285 #85BCB2 #B285BC

tetradic

#BCB285 #85BC96 #858FBC #BC85AA

square

#BCB285 #85BC96 #858FBC #BC85AA

split-complementary

#BCB285 #85AABC #9685BC

monochromatic

#807646 #A6995D #BCB285 #D2CBAD #E7E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB285

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB285	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.062 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a8',
    500: '#bcb285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb285;
$custom-light: #d1c8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.06172,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB285

secondary

#C4C8D8

accent

#51A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB285

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

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