#BCB796#BCB796

#BCB796 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.045 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB796
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -3.73, 17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 17.85, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0081 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.045 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1773, 46.7610, 35.5995)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB796 #969BBC

analogous

#BCA496 #BCB796 #AEBC96

triadic

#BCB796 #96BCB7 #B796BC

tetradic

#BCB796 #96BCA4 #969BBC #BC96AE

square

#BCB796 #96BCA4 #969BBC #BC96AE

split-complementary

#BCB796 #96AEBC #A496BC

monochromatic

#847D54 #A49D71 #BCB796 #D4D1BB #ECEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCB796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB796

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB796	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.045 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccb5',
    500: '#bcb796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb796;
$custom-light: #d0ccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77487,
    "c": 0.04541,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB796

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#51A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB796

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

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