#BCB491#BCB491

#BCB491 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.049 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB491
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 145)
HSL	hsl(49, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -2.87, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 19.13, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0056 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.049 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1711, 45.3790, 33.3201)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB491 #9199BC

analogous

#BC9E91 #BCB491 #AEBC91

triadic

#BCB491 #91BCB4 #B491BC

tetradic

#BCB491 #91BC9E #9199BC #BC91AE

square

#BCB491 #91BC9E #9199BC #BC91AE

split-complementary

#BCB491 #91AEBC #9E91BC

monochromatic

#837950 #A59A6B #BCB491 #D3CEB7 #EAE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCB491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB491

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB491	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.049 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab1',
    500: '#bcb491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb491;
$custom-light: #d0cab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.04859,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB491

secondary

#CDD0DC

accent

#55A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB491

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

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