#BCB59A#BCB59A

#BCB59A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.038 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB59A
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -2.06, 14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 14.81, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0034 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.038 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0954, 46.0729, 37.1883)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB59A #9AA1BC

analogous

#BCA49A #BCB59A #B2BC9A

triadic

#BCB59A #9ABCB5 #B59ABC

tetradic

#BCB59A #9ABCA4 #9AA1BC #BC9AB2

square

#BCB59A #9ABCA4 #9AA1BC #BC9AB2

split-complementary

#BCB59A #9AB2BC #A49ABC

monochromatic

#847B58 #A49A75 #BCB59A #D4D0BF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCB59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB59A

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB59A	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.038 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb7',
    500: '#bcb59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb59a;
$custom-light: #d0cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77165,
    "c": 0.03794,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB59A

secondary

#D4D6DE

accent

#599F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB59A

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

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