#BCB593#BCB593

#BCB593 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.047 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB593
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 147)
HSL	hsl(50, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 21.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -3.11, 18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 18.52, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0063 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.047 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5293, 45.8464, 34.2069)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB593 #939ABC

analogous

#BCA093 #BCB593 #AEBC93

triadic

#BCB593 #93BCB5 #B593BC

tetradic

#BCB593 #93BCA0 #939ABC #BC93AE

square

#BCB593 #93BCA0 #939ABC #BC93AE

split-complementary

#BCB593 #93AEBC #A093BC

monochromatic

#837B51 #A59B6D #BCB593 #D3CFB9 #EBE9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB593

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB593	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.047 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb2',
    500: '#bcb593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb593;
$custom-light: #d0cbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 23.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.04707,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB593

secondary

#CFD1DC

accent

#54A244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB593

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

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