#BCB385#BCB385

#BCB385 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.063 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB385
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -4.01, 24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 25.02, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0091 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.063 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0931, 44.6259, 28.6347)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB385 #858EBC

analogous

#BC9785 #BCB385 #A9BC85

triadic

#BCB385 #85BCB3 #B385BC

tetradic

#BCB385 #85BC97 #858EBC #BC85A9

square

#BCB385 #85BC97 #858EBC #BC85A9

split-complementary

#BCB385 #85A9BC #9785BC

monochromatic

#807746 #A69A5D #BCB385 #D2CCAD #E7E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCB385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB385

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB385	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)

#BCB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.063 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9a8',
    500: '#bcb385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb385;
$custom-light: #d1c9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76279,
    "c": 0.06277,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB385

secondary

#C4C8D8

accent

#4FA83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB385

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

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