#BCB689#BCB689

#BCB689 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.061 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB689
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -5.06, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 24.27, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.012 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.061 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9825, 45.9542, 30.3205)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB689 #898FBC

analogous

#BC9C89 #BCB689 #A8BC89

triadic

#BCB689 #89BCB6 #B689BC

tetradic

#BCB689 #89BC9C #898FBC #BC89A8

square

#BCB689 #89BC9C #898FBC #BC89A8

split-complementary

#BCB689 #89A8BC #9C89BC

monochromatic

#817B49 #A69E62 #BCB689 #D2CEB0 #E8E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB689

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB689	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B68B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.061 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbab',
    500: '#bcb689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb689;
$custom-light: #d0cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76991,
    "c": 0.06105,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB689

secondary

#C7CAD9

accent

#4BA63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB689

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

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