#BCB899#BCB899

#BCB899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.043 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB899
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -3.80, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 16.73, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0083 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.043 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6290, 47.2728, 36.9570)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB899 #999DBC

analogous

#BCA799 #BCB899 #AFBC99

triadic

#BCB899 #99BCB8 #B899BC

tetradic

#BCB899 #99BCA7 #999DBC #BC99AF

square

#BCB899 #99BCA7 #999DBC #BC99AF

split-complementary

#BCB899 #99AFBC #A799BC

monochromatic

#847F57 #A49E74 #BCB899 #D4D2BE #EDEBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB899

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB899	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.043 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdb7',
    500: '#bcb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb899;
$custom-light: #d0cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.04264,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB899

secondary

#D3D4DE

accent

#519F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB899

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

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