#BCB291#BCB291

#BCB291 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.047 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB291
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 145)
HSL	hsl(46, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -1.81, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 18.27, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0026 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.047 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7703, 44.5773, 33.1865)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB291 #919BBC

analogous

#BC9C91 #BCB291 #B0BC91

triadic

#BCB291 #91BCB2 #B291BC

tetradic

#BCB291 #91BC9C #919BBC #BC91B0

square

#BCB291 #91BC9C #919BBC #BC91B0

split-complementary

#BCB291 #91B0BC #9C91BC

monochromatic

#837750 #A5976B #BCB291 #D3CDB7 #EAE7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB291

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB291	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.047 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b1',
    500: '#bcb291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb291;
$custom-light: #d0c9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7633,
    "c": 0.04653,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB291

secondary

#CDD1DC

accent

#59A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB291

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

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