#BCB697#BCB697

#BCB697 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.043 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB697
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -3.04, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 16.85, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0061 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.043 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0527, 46.3823, 35.9568)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB697 #979DBC

analogous

#BCA497 #BCB697 #B0BC97

triadic

#BCB697 #97BCB6 #B697BC

tetradic

#BCB697 #97BCA4 #979DBC #BC97B0

square

#BCB697 #97BCA4 #979DBC #BC97B0

split-complementary

#BCB697 #97B0BC #A497BC

monochromatic

#847C55 #A49C72 #BCB697 #D4D0BC #ECEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCB697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB697

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB697	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.043 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb5',
    500: '#bcb697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb697;
$custom-light: #d0cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.04296,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB697

secondary

#D1D3DD

accent

#54A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB697

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

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