#BCB586#BCB586

#BCB586 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.064 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB586
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -4.94, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 25.39, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0117 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.064 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5662, 45.4612, 29.1349)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB586 #868DBC

analogous

#BC9A86 #BCB586 #A8BC86

triadic

#BCB586 #86BCB5 #B586BC

tetradic

#BCB586 #86BC9A #868DBC #BC86A8

square

#BCB586 #86BC9A #868DBC #BC86A8

split-complementary

#BCB586 #86A8BC #9A86BC

monochromatic

#807947 #A69D5F #BCB586 #D2CDAD #E8E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BCB586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB586

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB586	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.064 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba9',
    500: '#bcb586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb586;
$custom-light: #d1cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76719,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB586

secondary

#C5C8D9

accent

#4CA73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB586

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

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