#BCB89D#BCB89D

#BCB89D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.037 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB89D
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -3.18, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 14.60, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0066 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.037 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9649, 47.4072, 38.7262)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB89D #9DA1BC

analogous

#BCA89D #BCB89D #B0BC9D

triadic

#BCB89D #9DBCB8 #B89DBC

tetradic

#BCB89D #9DBCA8 #9DA1BC #BC9DB0

square

#BCB89D #9DBCA8 #9DA1BC #BC9DB0

split-complementary

#BCB89D #9DB0BC #A89DBC

monochromatic

#847F5A #A39E79 #BCB89D #D5D2C1 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCB89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB89D

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB89D	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.037 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdba',
    500: '#bcb89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb89d;
$custom-light: #d0cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77862,
    "c": 0.03734,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB89D

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#539D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB89D

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

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