#BCB699#BCB699

#BCB699 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.040 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB699
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -2.74, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 15.79, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0053 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.04 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2165, 46.4478, 36.8195)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB699 #999FBC

analogous

#BCA599 #BCB699 #B1BC99

triadic

#BCB699 #99BCB6 #B699BC

tetradic

#BCB699 #99BCA5 #999FBC #BC99B1

square

#BCB699 #99BCA5 #999FBC #BC99B1

split-complementary

#BCB699 #99B1BC #A599BC

monochromatic

#847C57 #A49C74 #BCB699 #D4D0BE #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCB699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB699

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB699	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.040 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb7',
    500: '#bcb699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb699;
$custom-light: #d0cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77349,
    "c": 0.04034,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB699

secondary

#D3D5DE

accent

#569F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB699

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

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