#BCB588#BCB588

#BCB588 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.061 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB588
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 136)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -4.67, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 24.34, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0109 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.061 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7070, 45.5175, 29.8765)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB588 #888FBC

analogous

#BC9B88 #BCB588 #A9BC88

triadic

#BCB588 #88BCB5 #B588BC

tetradic

#BCB588 #88BC9B #888FBC #BC88A9

square

#BCB588 #88BC9B #888FBC #BC88A9

split-complementary

#BCB588 #88A9BC #9B88BC

monochromatic

#817949 #A69D61 #BCB588 #D2CDAF #E8E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BCB588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB588

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB588	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)

#BEB285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.061 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbab',
    500: '#bcb588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb588;
$custom-light: #d0cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7676,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB588

secondary

#C7C9D9

accent

#4DA73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB588

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

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