#BCB69D#BCB69D

#BCB69D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.035 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB69D
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -2.12, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 13.67, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0036 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.035 96)
XYZ	xyz(43.5524, 46.5822, 38.5887)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB69D #9DA3BC

analogous

#BCA69D #BCB69D #B2BC9D

triadic

#BCB69D #9DBCB6 #B69DBC

tetradic

#BCB69D #9DBCA6 #9DA3BC #BC9DB2

square

#BCB69D #9DBCA6 #9DA3BC #BC9DB2

split-complementary

#BCB69D #9DB2BC #A69DBC

monochromatic

#847C5A #A39B79 #BCB69D #D5D1C1 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCB69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB69D

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB69D	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.035 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbba',
    500: '#bcb69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb69d;
$custom-light: #d0cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.46582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB69D

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#599D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB69D

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

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