#BCB487#BCB487

#BCB487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.061 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB487
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -4.27, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 24.41, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0098 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.061 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4337, 45.0840, 29.4364)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB487 #878FBC

analogous

#BC9987 #BCB487 #A9BC87

triadic

#BCB487 #87BCB4 #B487BC

tetradic

#BCB487 #87BC99 #878FBC #BC87A9

square

#BCB487 #87BC99 #878FBC #BC87A9

split-complementary

#BCB487 #87A9BC #9987BC

monochromatic

#817848 #A69B60 #BCB487 #D2CDAE #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB487

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB487	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.061 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caaa',
    500: '#bcb487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb487;
$custom-light: #d0caaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7653,
    "c": 0.06134,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB487

secondary

#C6C9D9

accent

#4EA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB487

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

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