#BCB28D#BCB28D

#BCB28D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.052 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB28D
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -2.38, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 20.38, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0042 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.052 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4673, 44.4561, 31.5906)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB28D #8D97BC

analogous

#BC9B8D #BCB28D #AFBC8D

triadic

#BCB28D #8DBCB2 #B28DBC

tetradic

#BCB28D #8DBC9B #8D97BC #BC8DAF

square

#BCB28D #8DBC9B #8D97BC #BC8DAF

split-complementary

#BCB28D #8DAFBC #9B8DBC

monochromatic

#82774C #A59866 #BCB28D #D3CCB4 #E9E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BCB28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB28D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB28D	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)

#BAB08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.052 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ae',
    500: '#bcb28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb28d;
$custom-light: #d0c9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7624,
    "c": 0.05164,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB28D

secondary

#CACEDB

accent

#56A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB28D

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

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