#BCB388#BCB388

#BCB388 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.059 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB388
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 136)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -3.61, 23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 23.44, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0079 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.059 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3033, 44.7100, 29.7419)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB388 #8891BC

analogous

#BC9988 #BCB388 #ABBC88

triadic

#BCB388 #88BCB3 #B388BC

tetradic

#BCB388 #88BC99 #8891BC #BC88AB

square

#BCB388 #88BC99 #8891BC #BC88AB

split-complementary

#BCB388 #88ABBC #9988BC

monochromatic

#817749 #A69A61 #BCB388 #D2CCAF #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCB388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB388

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB388	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)

#BCB085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.059 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ab',
    500: '#bcb388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb388;
$custom-light: #d0c9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76341,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB388

secondary

#C7CAD9

accent

#51A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB388

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

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