#BCB696#BCB696

#BCB696 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.044 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB696
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -3.20, 17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 17.38, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0066 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.044 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9718, 46.3499, 35.5310)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB696 #969CBC

analogous

#BCA396 #BCB696 #AFBC96

triadic

#BCB696 #96BCB6 #B696BC

tetradic

#BCB696 #96BCA3 #969CBC #BC96AF

square

#BCB696 #96BCA3 #969CBC #BC96AF

split-complementary

#BCB696 #96AFBC #A396BC

monochromatic

#847C54 #A49C71 #BCB696 #D4D0BB #ECEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BCB696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB696

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB696	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.044 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb5',
    500: '#bcb696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb696;
$custom-light: #d0cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77278,
    "c": 0.04427,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB696

secondary

#D1D3DD

accent

#53A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB696

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

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