#BCB797#BCB797

#BCB797 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.044 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB797
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -3.57, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 17.32, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0076 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.044 100)
XYZ	xyz(43.2582, 46.7933, 36.0254)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB797 #979CBC

analogous

#BCA597 #BCB797 #AFBC97

triadic

#BCB797 #97BCB7 #B797BC

tetradic

#BCB797 #97BCA5 #979CBC #BC97AF

square

#BCB797 #97BCA5 #979CBC #BC97AF

split-complementary

#BCB797 #97AFBC #A597BC

monochromatic

#847D55 #A49D72 #BCB797 #D4D1BC #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCB797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB797

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB797	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.044 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccb5',
    500: '#bcb797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb797;
$custom-light: #d0ccb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7751,
    "c": 0.0441,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.46793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB797

secondary

#D1D3DD

accent

#52A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB797

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

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