#BCB89C#BCB89C

#BCB89C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.039 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB89C
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -3.34, 14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 15.13, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0071 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.039 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8799, 47.3732, 38.2784)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB89C #9CA0BC

analogous

#BCA89C #BCB89C #B0BC9C

triadic

#BCB89C #9CBCB8 #B89CBC

tetradic

#BCB89C #9CBCA8 #9CA0BC #BC9CB0

square

#BCB89C #9CBCA8 #9CA0BC #BC9CB0

split-complementary

#BCB89C #9CB0BC #A89CBC

monochromatic

#847F59 #A39E78 #BCB89C #D5D2C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCB89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB89C

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB89C	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.039 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdb9',
    500: '#bcb89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb89c;
$custom-light: #d0cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.03866,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB89C

secondary

#D5D6DF

accent

#539E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB89C

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

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