#BCB896#BCB896

#BCB896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.047 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB896
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -4.25, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 18.32, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0096 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.047 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3843, 47.1750, 35.6685)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB896 #969ABC

analogous

#BCA596 #BCB896 #ADBC96

triadic

#BCB896 #96BCB8 #B896BC

tetradic

#BCB896 #96BCA5 #969ABC #BC96AD

square

#BCB896 #96BCA5 #969ABC #BC96AD

split-complementary

#BCB896 #96ADBC #A596BC

monochromatic

#847F54 #A49F71 #BCB896 #D4D1BB #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCB896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB896

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB896	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.047 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdb5',
    500: '#bcb896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb896;
$custom-light: #d0cdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77696,
    "c": 0.04659,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB896

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#4FA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB896

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

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