#BCB595#BCB595

#BCB595 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.044 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB595
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 149)
HSL	hsl(49, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -2.81, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 17.46, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0055 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.044 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6876, 45.9097, 35.0407)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB595 #959CBC

analogous

#BCA195 #BCB595 #AFBC95

triadic

#BCB595 #95BCB5 #B595BC

tetradic

#BCB595 #95BCA1 #959CBC #BC95AF

square

#BCB595 #95BCA1 #959CBC #BC95AF

split-complementary

#BCB595 #95AFBC #A195BC

monochromatic

#837B53 #A49B70 #BCB595 #D4CFBA #EBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCB595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB595

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB595	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.044 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb4',
    500: '#bcb595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb595;
$custom-light: #d0cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.04448,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB595

secondary

#D0D2DD

accent

#55A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB595

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

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