#BCB28C#BCB28C

#BCB28C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.053 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB28C
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 140)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 25.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -2.52, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 20.91, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0047 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.053 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3932, 44.4265, 31.2005)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB28C #8C96BC

analogous

#BC9A8C #BCB28C #AEBC8C

triadic

#BCB28C #8CBCB2 #B28CBC

tetradic

#BCB28C #8CBC9A #8C96BC #BC8CAE

square

#BCB28C #8CBC9A #8C96BC #BC8CAE

split-complementary

#BCB28C #8CAEBC #9A8CBC

monochromatic

#82774C #A59865 #BCB28C #D3CCB3 #E9E6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB28C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB28C	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.053 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ad',
    500: '#bcb28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb28c;
$custom-light: #d0c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76218,
    "c": 0.0529,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB28C

secondary

#CACDDA

accent

#55A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB28C

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

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