#BCB488#BCB488

#BCB488 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.060 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB488
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -4.14, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 23.89, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0094 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.06 99)
XYZ	xyz(41.5044, 45.1123, 29.8089)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB488 #8890BC

analogous

#BC9A88 #BCB488 #AABC88

triadic

#BCB488 #88BCB4 #B488BC

tetradic

#BCB488 #88BC9A #8890BC #BC88AA

square

#BCB488 #88BC9A #8890BC #BC88AA

split-complementary

#BCB488 #88AABC #9A88BC

monochromatic

#817849 #A69B61 #BCB488 #D2CDAF #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCB488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCB488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB488

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB488	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)

#BDB185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.060 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caab',
    500: '#bcb488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb488;
$custom-light: #d0caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.06008,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.45111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB488

secondary

#C7CAD9

accent

#4FA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB488

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

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