#BCB59E#BCB59E

#BCB59E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.033 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB59E
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -1.43, 12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 12.70, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0017 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.033 93)
XYZ	xyz(43.4341, 46.2083, 38.9721)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB59E #9EA5BC

analogous

#BCA69E #BCB59E #B4BC9E

triadic

#BCB59E #9EBCB5 #B59EBC

tetradic

#BCB59E #9EBCA6 #9EA5BC #BC9EB4

square

#BCB59E #9EBCA6 #9EA5BC #BC9EB4

split-complementary

#BCB59E #9EB4BC #A69EBC

monochromatic

#847B5B #A3997A #BCB59E #D5D1C2 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB59E

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB59E	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.033 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbba',
    500: '#bcb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb59e;
$custom-light: #d0cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77263,
    "c": 0.03271,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.46208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB59E

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#5C9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB59E

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

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