#BCB581#BCB581

#BCB581 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.070 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB581
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -5.59, 27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 28.02, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0138 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.07 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2257, 45.3250, 27.3415)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB581 #8188BC

analogous

#BC9881 #BCB581 #A6BC81

triadic

#BCB581 #81BCB5 #B581BC

tetradic

#BCB581 #81BC98 #8188BC #BC81A6

square

#BCB581 #81BC98 #8188BC #BC81A6

split-complementary

#BCB581 #81A6BC #9881BC

monochromatic

#7F7844 #A79E59 #BCB581 #D1CCA9 #E6E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCB581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCB581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB581

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB581	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.070 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba6',
    500: '#bcb581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb581;
$custom-light: #d1cba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7662,
    "c": 0.06995,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB581

secondary

#C2C4D7

accent

#49A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB581

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

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