#BCB286#BCB286

#BCB286 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.060 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB286
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -3.35, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 24.06, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0072 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.06 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9628, 44.2543, 28.9337)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB286 #8690BC

analogous

#BC9786 #BCB286 #ABBC86

triadic

#BCB286 #86BCB2 #B286BC

tetradic

#BCB286 #86BC97 #8690BC #BC86AB

square

#BCB286 #86BC97 #8690BC #BC86AB

split-complementary

#BCB286 #86ABBC #9786BC

monochromatic

#807647 #A6995F #BCB286 #D2CBAD #E8E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCB286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB286

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB286	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)

#BBAF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.060 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a9',
    500: '#bcb286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb286;
$custom-light: #d1c8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7609,
    "c": 0.06047,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB286

secondary

#C5C9D9

accent

#52A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB286

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

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