#BCB596#BCB596

#BCB596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.043 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB596
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -2.66, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 16.93, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.005 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.043 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7678, 45.9418, 35.4629)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB596 #969DBC

analogous

#BCA296 #BCB596 #B0BC96

triadic

#BCB596 #96BCB5 #B596BC

tetradic

#BCB596 #96BCA2 #969DBC #BC96B0

square

#BCB596 #96BCA2 #969DBC #BC96B0

split-complementary

#BCB596 #96B0BC #A296BC

monochromatic

#847B54 #A49B71 #BCB596 #D4CFBB #ECEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB596

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB596	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.043 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb5',
    500: '#bcb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb596;
$custom-light: #d0cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7707,
    "c": 0.04317,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB596

secondary

#D1D3DD

accent

#56A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB596

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

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