#BCB494#BCB494

#BCB494 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.045 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB494
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 21.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -2.43, 17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 17.55, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0044 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.045 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4055, 45.4727, 34.5545)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB494 #949CBC

analogous

#BCA094 #BCB494 #B0BC94

triadic

#BCB494 #94BCB4 #B494BC

tetradic

#BCB494 #94BCA0 #949CBC #BC94B0

square

#BCB494 #94BCA0 #949CBC #BC94B0

split-complementary

#BCB494 #94B0BC #A094BC

monochromatic

#837A52 #A49A6E #BCB494 #D4CEBA #EBE9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BCB494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB494

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB494	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.045 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab3',
    500: '#bcb494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb494;
$custom-light: #d0cab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76815,
    "c": 0.0447,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB494

secondary

#CFD2DD

accent

#57A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB494

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

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