#BCB482#BCB482

#BCB482 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.068 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB482
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 130)
HSL	hsl(52, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 30.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -4.94, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 27.04, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0119 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.068 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0899, 44.9465, 27.6258)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB482 #828ABC

analogous

#BC9782 #BCB482 #A7BC82

triadic

#BCB482 #82BCB4 #B482BC

tetradic

#BCB482 #82BC97 #828ABC #BC82A7

square

#BCB482 #82BC97 #828ABC #BC82A7

split-complementary

#BCB482 #82A7BC #9782BC

monochromatic

#7F7744 #A79C5A #BCB482 #D1CCAA #E7E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BCB482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB482

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB482	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.068 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa6',
    500: '#bcb482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb482;
$custom-light: #d1caa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76429,
    "c": 0.06759,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB482

secondary

#C2C5D7

accent

#4CA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB482

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

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