#BCB485#BCB485

#BCB485 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.064 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB485
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -4.54, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 25.47, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0106 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.064 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2942, 45.0282, 28.7018)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB485 #858DBC

analogous

#BC9885 #BCB485 #A8BC85

triadic

#BCB485 #85BCB4 #B485BC

tetradic

#BCB485 #85BC98 #858DBC #BC85A8

square

#BCB485 #85BC98 #858DBC #BC85A8

split-complementary

#BCB485 #85A8BC #9885BC

monochromatic

#807846 #A69C5D #BCB485 #D2CCAD #E7E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCB485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB485

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB485	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.064 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa9',
    500: '#bcb485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb485;
$custom-light: #d1caa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76489,
    "c": 0.06385,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB485

secondary

#C4C7D8

accent

#4DA83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB485

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

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