#BCB290#BCB290

#BCB290 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.048 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB290
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 144)
HSL	hsl(46, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -1.95, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 18.80, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.003 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.048 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6935, 44.5466, 32.7822)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB290 #909ABC

analogous

#BC9C90 #BCB290 #B0BC90

triadic

#BCB290 #90BCB2 #B290BC

tetradic

#BCB290 #90BC9C #909ABC #BC90B0

square

#BCB290 #90BC9C #909ABC #BC90B0

split-complementary

#BCB290 #90B0BC #9C90BC

monochromatic

#83774F #A5986A #BCB290 #D3CCB6 #EAE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB290

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB290	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.048 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b0',
    500: '#bcb290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb290;
$custom-light: #d0c9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76307,
    "c": 0.04781,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB290

secondary

#CCD0DB

accent

#58A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB290

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

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