#BCB587#BCB587

#BCB587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.062 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB587
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -4.80, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 24.86, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0113 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.062 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6363, 45.4892, 29.5039)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB587 #878EBC

analogous

#BC9A87 #BCB587 #A8BC87

triadic

#BCB587 #87BCB5 #B587BC

tetradic

#BCB587 #87BC9A #878EBC #BC87A8

square

#BCB587 #87BC9A #878EBC #BC87A8

split-complementary

#BCB587 #87A8BC #9A87BC

monochromatic

#817948 #A69D60 #BCB587 #D2CDAE #E8E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BCB587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB587

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB587	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.062 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbaa',
    500: '#bcb587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb587;
$custom-light: #d0cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7674,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB587

secondary

#C6C8D9

accent

#4CA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB587

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

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