#BCB89A#BCB89A

#BCB89A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.041 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB89A
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -3.65, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 16.19, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0079 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.041 101)
XYZ	xyz(43.7119, 47.3060, 37.3938)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB89A #9A9EBC

analogous

#BCA79A #BCB89A #AFBC9A

triadic

#BCB89A #9ABCB8 #B89ABC

tetradic

#BCB89A #9ABCA7 #9A9EBC #BC9AAF

square

#BCB89A #9ABCA7 #9A9EBC #BC9AAF

split-complementary

#BCB89A #9AAFBC #A79ABC

monochromatic

#847F58 #A49E75 #BCB89A #D4D2BF #EDECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCB89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB89A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB89A	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.041 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdb7',
    500: '#bcb89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb89a;
$custom-light: #d0cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7779,
    "c": 0.04132,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.47305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB89A

secondary

#D4D5DE

accent

#519F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB89A

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

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