#BCB685#BCB685

#BCB685 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.066 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB685
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -5.60, 25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 26.37, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0137 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.066 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7009, 45.8416, 28.8373)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB685 #858BBC

analogous

#BC9A85 #BCB685 #A6BC85

triadic

#BCB685 #85BCB6 #B685BC

tetradic

#BCB685 #85BC9A #858BBC #BC85A6

square

#BCB685 #85BC9A #858BBC #BC85A6

split-complementary

#BCB685 #85A6BC #9A85BC

monochromatic

#807A46 #A69E5D #BCB685 #D2CEAD #E7E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB685

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB685	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.066 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba9',
    500: '#bcb685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb685;
$custom-light: #d1cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7691,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB685

secondary

#C4C7D8

accent

#49A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB685

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

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