#BCB49A#BCB49A

#BCB49A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.037 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB49A
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -1.52, 14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 14.38, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0019 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.037 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8928, 45.6677, 37.1208)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB49A #9AA2BC

analogous

#BCA39A #BCB49A #B3BC9A

triadic

#BCB49A #9ABCB4 #B49ABC

tetradic

#BCB49A #9ABCA3 #9AA2BC #BC9AB3

square

#BCB49A #9ABCA3 #9AA2BC #BC9AB3

split-complementary

#BCB49A #9AB3BC #A39ABC

monochromatic

#847A58 #A49975 #BCB49A #D4CFBF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCB49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB49A

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB49A	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.037 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab7',
    500: '#bcb49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb49a;
$custom-light: #d0cab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.03692,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB49A

secondary

#D4D6DE

accent

#5C9F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB49A

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

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