#BCB396#BCB396

#BCB396 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.041 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB396
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -1.60, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 16.06, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.002 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.041 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3640, 45.1343, 35.3284)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB396 #969FBC

analogous

#BCA096 #BCB396 #B2BC96

triadic

#BCB396 #96BCB3 #B396BC

tetradic

#BCB396 #96BCA0 #969FBC #BC96B2

square

#BCB396 #96BCA0 #969FBC #BC96B2

split-complementary

#BCB396 #96B2BC #A096BC

monochromatic

#847854 #A49871 #BCB396 #D4CEBB #ECE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCB396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB396

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB396	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.041 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b5',
    500: '#bcb396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb396;
$custom-light: #d0c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.0411,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB396

secondary

#D1D4DD

accent

#5BA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB396

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

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