#BCB59B#BCB59B

#BCB59B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.037 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB59B
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -1.90, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 14.28, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.003 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.037 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1790, 46.1063, 37.6288)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB59B #9BA2BC

analogous

#BCA59B #BCB59B #B2BC9B

triadic

#BCB59B #9BBCB5 #B59BBC

tetradic

#BCB59B #9BBCA5 #9BA2BC #BC9BB2

square

#BCB59B #9BBCA5 #9BA2BC #BC9BB2

split-complementary

#BCB59B #9BB2BC #A59BBC

monochromatic

#847B59 #A39A76 #BCB59B #D5D0C0 #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCB59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB59B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB59B	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.037 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb8',
    500: '#bcb59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb59b;
$custom-light: #d0cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77189,
    "c": 0.03663,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB59B

secondary

#D4D6DF

accent

#5A9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB59B

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

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