#BCB785#BCB785

#BCB785 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.067 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB785
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 133)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -6.12, 26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 26.84, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0152 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.067 103)
XYZ	xyz(41.9064, 46.2526, 28.9058)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB785 #858ABC

analogous

#BC9B85 #BCB785 #A6BC85

triadic

#BCB785 #85BCB7 #B785BC

tetradic

#BCB785 #85BC9B #858ABC #BC85A6

square

#BCB785 #85BC9B #858ABC #BC85A6

split-complementary

#BCB785 #85A6BC #9B85BC

monochromatic

#807B46 #A6A05D #BCB785 #D2CEAD #E7E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCB785 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB785

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB785	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.067 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cca9',
    500: '#bcb785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb785;
$custom-light: #d1cca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7712,
    "c": 0.06726,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.46252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB785

secondary

#C4C6D8

accent

#47A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB785

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

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