#BCB498#BCB498

#BCB498 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.040 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB498
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(47, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -1.83, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 15.43, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0027 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.04 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7276, 45.6016, 36.2508)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB498 #98A0BC

analogous

#BCA298 #BCB498 #B2BC98

triadic

#BCB498 #98BCB4 #B498BC

tetradic

#BCB498 #98BCA2 #98A0BC #BC98B2

square

#BCB498 #98BCA2 #98A0BC #BC98B2

split-complementary

#BCB498 #98B2BC #A298BC

monochromatic

#847A56 #A49973 #BCB498 #D4CFBD #ECEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BCB498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB498

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB498	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.040 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab6',
    500: '#bcb498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb498;
$custom-light: #d0cab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76909,
    "c": 0.03951,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB498

secondary

#D2D5DE

accent

#5AA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB498

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

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