#BCB28A#BCB28A

#BCB28A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.055 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB28A
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -2.80, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 21.96, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0055 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.055 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2471, 44.3680, 30.4309)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB28A #8A94BC

analogous

#BC998A #BCB28A #ADBC8A

triadic

#BCB28A #8ABCB2 #B28ABC

tetradic

#BCB28A #8ABC99 #8A94BC #BC8AAD

square

#BCB28A #8ABC99 #8A94BC #BC8AAD

split-complementary

#BCB28A #8AADBC #998ABC

monochromatic

#81764A #A69863 #BCB28A #D2CCB1 #E9E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BCB28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB28A

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB28A	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.055 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8ac',
    500: '#bcb28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb28a;
$custom-light: #d0c8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.05543,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB28A

secondary

#C8CCDA

accent

#54A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB28A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →