#BCB489#BCB489

#BCB489 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.059 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB489
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -4.00, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 23.36, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.009 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.059 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5758, 45.1409, 30.1850)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB489 #8991BC

analogous

#BC9A89 #BCB489 #AABC89

triadic

#BCB489 #89BCB4 #B489BC

tetradic

#BCB489 #89BC9A #8991BC #BC89AA

square

#BCB489 #89BC9A #8991BC #BC89AA

split-complementary

#BCB489 #89AABC #9A89BC

monochromatic

#817849 #A69B62 #BCB489 #D2CDB0 #E8E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCB489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB489

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB489	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.059 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caab',
    500: '#bcb489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb489;
$custom-light: #d0caab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76572,
    "c": 0.05882,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB489

secondary

#C7CAD9

accent

#4FA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB489

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

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