#BCB698#BCB698

#BCB698 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.042 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB698
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -2.89, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 16.32, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0057 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.042 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1342, 46.4149, 36.3864)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB698 #989EBC

analogous

#BCA498 #BCB698 #B0BC98

triadic

#BCB698 #98BCB6 #B698BC

tetradic

#BCB698 #98BCA4 #989EBC #BC98B0

square

#BCB698 #98BCA4 #989EBC #BC98B0

split-complementary

#BCB698 #98B0BC #A498BC

monochromatic

#847C56 #A49C73 #BCB698 #D4D0BD #ECEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCB698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB698

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB698	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)

#BCB496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.042 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb6',
    500: '#bcb698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb698;
$custom-light: #d0cbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.04165,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB698

secondary

#D2D4DE

accent

#55A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB698

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

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