#BCB787#BCB787

#BCB787 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.065 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB787
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -5.86, 25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 25.79, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0143 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.065 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0459, 46.3084, 29.6405)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB787 #878CBC

analogous

#BC9C87 #BCB787 #A6BC87

triadic

#BCB787 #87BCB7 #B787BC

tetradic

#BCB787 #87BC9C #878CBC #BC87A6

square

#BCB787 #87BC9C #878CBC #BC87A6

split-complementary

#BCB787 #87A6BC #9C87BC

monochromatic

#817B48 #A69F60 #BCB787 #D2CFAE #E8E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BCB787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB787

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB787	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.065 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccaa',
    500: '#bcb787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb787;
$custom-light: #d0ccaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.06475,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB787

secondary

#C6C8D9

accent

#48A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB787

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

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