#BCB397#BCB397

#BCB397 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.040 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB397
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -1.45, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 15.54, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0016 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.04 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4449, 45.1667, 35.7542)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB397 #97A0BC

analogous

#BCA197 #BCB397 #B3BC97

triadic

#BCB397 #97BCB3 #B397BC

tetradic

#BCB397 #97BCA1 #97A0BC #BC97B3

square

#BCB397 #97BCA1 #97A0BC #BC97B3

split-complementary

#BCB397 #97B3BC #A197BC

monochromatic

#847855 #A49872 #BCB397 #D4CEBC #ECE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCB397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB397

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB397	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)

#B9B295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.040 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b5',
    500: '#bcb397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb397;
$custom-light: #d0c9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76677,
    "c": 0.03981,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB397

secondary

#D1D4DD

accent

#5BA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB397

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

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