#BCB889#BCB889

#BCB889 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.063 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB889
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -6.11, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 25.21, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.015 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.063 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3950, 46.7792, 30.4580)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB889 #898DBC

analogous

#BC9E89 #BCB889 #A6BC89

triadic

#BCB889 #89BCB8 #B889BC

tetradic

#BCB889 #89BC9E #898DBC #BC89A6

square

#BCB889 #89BC9E #898DBC #BC89A6

split-complementary

#BCB889 #89A6BC #9E89BC

monochromatic

#817D49 #A6A162 #BCB889 #D2CFB0 #E8E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCB889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB889

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB889	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)

#C0B586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.063 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdab',
    500: '#bcb889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb889;
$custom-light: #d0cdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.0634,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB889

secondary

#C7C9D9

accent

#47A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB889

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

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