#BCB48D#BCB48D

#BCB48D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.054 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB48D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 141)
HSL	hsl(50, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -3.45, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 21.25, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0073 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.054 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8681, 45.2578, 31.7242)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB48D #8D95BC

analogous

#BC9D8D #BCB48D #ADBC8D

triadic

#BCB48D #8DBCB4 #B48DBC

tetradic

#BCB48D #8DBC9D #8D95BC #BC8DAD

square

#BCB48D #8DBC9D #8D95BC #BC8DAD

split-complementary

#BCB48D #8DADBC #9D8DBC

monochromatic

#82794C #A59B66 #BCB48D #D3CDB4 #E9E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCB48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB48D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB48D	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.054 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caae',
    500: '#bcb48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb48d;
$custom-light: #d0caae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76657,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB48D

secondary

#CACDDB

accent

#52A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB48D

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

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