#BCB591#BCB591

#BCB591 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.050 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB591
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -3.40, 19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 19.58, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0071 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.05 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3737, 45.7842, 33.3876)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB591 #9198BC

analogous

#BC9F91 #BCB591 #ADBC91

triadic

#BCB591 #91BCB5 #B591BC

tetradic

#BCB591 #91BC9F #9198BC #BC91AD

square

#BCB591 #91BC9F #9198BC #BC91AD

split-complementary

#BCB591 #91ADBC #9F91BC

monochromatic

#837B50 #A59B6B #BCB591 #D3CFB7 #EAE8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB591

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB591	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.050 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb1',
    500: '#bcb591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb591;
$custom-light: #d0cbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.04966,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB591

secondary

#CDD0DC

accent

#52A343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F5

border

#D2D1CF

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB591

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

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