#BCB495#BCB495

#BCB495 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.043 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB495
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(48, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -2.28, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 17.02, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.004 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.043 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4850, 45.5045, 34.9731)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB495 #959DBC

analogous

#BCA095 #BCB495 #B0BC95

triadic

#BCB495 #95BCB4 #B495BC

tetradic

#BCB495 #95BCA0 #959DBC #BC95B0

square

#BCB495 #95BCA0 #959DBC #BC95B0

split-complementary

#BCB495 #95B0BC #A095BC

monochromatic

#837A53 #A49970 #BCB495 #D4CFBA #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BCB495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB495

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB495	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.043 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab4',
    500: '#bcb495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb495;
$custom-light: #d0cab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.04341,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB495

secondary

#D0D3DD

accent

#57A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB495

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

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