#BCB387#BCB387

#BCB387 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.060 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB387
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -3.74, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 23.97, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0083 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.06 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2326, 44.6817, 29.3694)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB387 #8790BC

analogous

#BC9887 #BCB387 #AABC87

triadic

#BCB387 #87BCB3 #B387BC

tetradic

#BCB387 #87BC98 #8790BC #BC87AA

square

#BCB387 #87BC98 #8790BC #BC87AA

split-complementary

#BCB387 #87AABC #9887BC

monochromatic

#817748 #A69A60 #BCB387 #D2CCAE #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCB387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB387

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB387	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.060 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9aa',
    500: '#bcb387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb387;
$custom-light: #d0c9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7632,
    "c": 0.06026,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB387

secondary

#C6C9D9

accent

#50A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB387

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

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