#BCB490#BCB490

#BCB490 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.050 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB490
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -3.02, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 19.66, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.006 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.05 97)
XYZ	xyz(42.0943, 45.3483, 32.9158)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB490 #9098BC

analogous

#BC9E90 #BCB490 #AEBC90

triadic

#BCB490 #90BCB4 #B490BC

tetradic

#BCB490 #90BC9E #9098BC #BC90AE

square

#BCB490 #90BC9E #9098BC #BC90AE

split-complementary

#BCB490 #90AEBC #9E90BC

monochromatic

#83794F #A59A6A #BCB490 #D3CEB6 #EAE8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCB490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB490

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB490	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.050 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab0',
    500: '#bcb490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb490;
$custom-light: #d0cab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76724,
    "c": 0.04987,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.45347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB490

secondary

#CCCFDB

accent

#54A342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB490

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

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