#BCB583#BCB583

#BCB583 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.067 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB583
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 131)
HSL	hsl(53, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -5.33, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 26.97, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.013 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.067 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3600, 45.3787, 28.0485)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB583 #838ABC

analogous

#BC9983 #BCB583 #A6BC83

triadic

#BCB583 #83BCB5 #B583BC

tetradic

#BCB583 #83BC99 #838ABC #BC83A6

square

#BCB583 #83BC99 #838ABC #BC83A6

split-complementary

#BCB583 #83A6BC #9983BC

monochromatic

#807845 #A79D5B #BCB583 #D1CDAB #E7E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCB583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB583

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB583	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.067 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba7',
    500: '#bcb583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb583;
$custom-light: #d1cba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76659,
    "c": 0.06746,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB583

secondary

#C3C6D8

accent

#4AA93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB583

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

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