#BCB49C#BCB49C

#BCB49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.034 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB49C
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(45, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -1.21, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 13.33, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.001 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.034 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0607, 45.7348, 38.0053)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB49C #9CA4BC

analogous

#BCA49C #BCB49C #B4BC9C

triadic

#BCB49C #9CBCB4 #B49CBC

tetradic

#BCB49C #9CBCA4 #9CA4BC #BC9CB4

square

#BCB49C #9CBCA4 #9CA4BC #BC9CB4

split-complementary

#BCB49C #9CB4BC #A49CBC

monochromatic

#847959 #A39878 #BCB49C #D5D0C0 #EDEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB49C

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB49C	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.034 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cab9',
    500: '#bcb49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb49c;
$custom-light: #d0cab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77006,
    "c": 0.03432,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB49C

secondary

#D5D7DF

accent

#5D9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB49C

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

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