#BCB481#BCB481

#BCB481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.069 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB481
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -5.06, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 27.57, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0123 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.069 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0231, 44.9198, 27.2740)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB481 #8189BC

analogous

#BC9681 #BCB481 #A7BC81

triadic

#BCB481 #81BCB4 #B481BC

tetradic

#BCB481 #81BC96 #8189BC #BC81A7

square

#BCB481 #81BC96 #8189BC #BC81A7

split-complementary

#BCB481 #81A7BC #9681BC

monochromatic

#7F7744 #A79C59 #BCB481 #D1CCA9 #E6E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCB481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB481

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB481	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.069 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa6',
    500: '#bcb481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb481;
$custom-light: #d1caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76409,
    "c": 0.06884,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB481

secondary

#C2C5D7

accent

#4BA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB481

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

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