#BCB486#BCB486

#BCB486 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.063 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB486
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -4.41, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 24.94, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0102 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.063 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3636, 45.0560, 29.0673)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB486 #868EBC

analogous

#BC9986 #BCB486 #A9BC86

triadic

#BCB486 #86BCB4 #B486BC

tetradic

#BCB486 #86BC99 #868EBC #BC86A9

square

#BCB486 #86BC99 #868EBC #BC86A9

split-complementary

#BCB486 #86A9BC #9986BC

monochromatic

#807847 #A69C5F #BCB486 #D2CCAD #E8E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCB486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB486

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB486	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)

#BDB183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.063 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caa9',
    500: '#bcb486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb486;
$custom-light: #d1caa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76509,
    "c": 0.0626,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB486

secondary

#C5C8D9

accent

#4EA73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB486

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

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