#BCB686#BCB686

#BCB686 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.065 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB686
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 134)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -5.46, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 25.85, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0132 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.065 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7703, 45.8693, 29.2029)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB686 #868CBC

analogous

#BC9B86 #BCB686 #A7BC86

triadic

#BCB686 #86BCB6 #B686BC

tetradic

#BCB686 #86BC9B #868CBC #BC86A7

square

#BCB686 #86BC9B #868CBC #BC86A7

split-complementary

#BCB686 #86A7BC #9B86BC

monochromatic

#807A47 #A69E5F #BCB686 #D2CEAD #E8E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCB686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB686

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB686	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#BFB383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.065 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cba9',
    500: '#bcb686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb686;
$custom-light: #d1cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7693,
    "c": 0.06485,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB686

secondary

#C5C7D9

accent

#4AA73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB686

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

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