#BCB799#BCB799

#BCB799 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.041 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB799
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -3.27, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 16.25, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0068 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.041 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4220, 46.8589, 36.8880)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB799 #999EBC

analogous

#BCA699 #BCB799 #B0BC99

triadic

#BCB799 #99BCB7 #B799BC

tetradic

#BCB799 #99BCA6 #999EBC #BC99B0

square

#BCB799 #99BCA6 #999EBC #BC99B0

split-complementary

#BCB799 #99B0BC #A699BC

monochromatic

#847D57 #A49D74 #BCB799 #D4D1BE #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCB799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB799

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB799	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.041 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccb7',
    500: '#bcb799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb799;
$custom-light: #d0ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77557,
    "c": 0.04146,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB799

secondary

#D3D4DE

accent

#539F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB799

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

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