#BCB58E#BCB58E

#BCB58E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.054 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB58E
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -3.83, 20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 21.17, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0084 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.054 99)
XYZ	xyz(42.1454, 45.6929, 32.1854)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB58E #8E95BC

analogous

#BC9E8E #BCB58E #ACBC8E

triadic

#BCB58E #8EBCB5 #B58EBC

tetradic

#BCB58E #8EBC9E #8E95BC #BC8EAC

square

#BCB58E #8EBC9E #8E95BC #BC8EAC

split-complementary

#BCB58E #8EACBC #9E8EBC

monochromatic

#827A4D #A59C68 #BCB58E #D3CEB4 #EAE7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BCB58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB58E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB58E	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.054 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbaf',
    500: '#bcb58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb58e;
$custom-light: #d0cbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.05353,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.45692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB58E

secondary

#CBCDDB

accent

#50A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB58E

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

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