#BCB59F#BCB59F

#BCB59F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.031 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB59F
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -1.27, 12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 12.17, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0013 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.031 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5205, 46.2429, 39.4273)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB59F #9FA6BC

analogous

#BCA69F #BCB59F #B4BC9F

triadic

#BCB59F #9FBCB5 #B59FBC

tetradic

#BCB59F #9FBCA6 #9FA6BC #BC9FB4

square

#BCB59F #9FBCA6 #9FA6BC #BC9FB4

split-complementary

#BCB59F #9FB4BC #A69FBC

monochromatic

#847B5C #A3997B #BCB59F #D5D1C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCB59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB59F

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB59F	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.031 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbbb',
    500: '#bcb59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb59f;
$custom-light: #d0cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77288,
    "c": 0.0314,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB59F

secondary

#D7D9E0

accent

#5D9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB59F

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

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